# Performance Overhead

> The degree of runtime cost added by composing behavior from many small, indirected parts.

Record: `lex:performance-overhead`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-performance-overhead

## category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/core-modular-design.md)

## referenced-by

- [Composability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/composability.md)