# Reduced Load

> The ability to lessen work reaching a backend by serving repeat results from a cache.

Record: `lex:reduced-load`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-reduced-load

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Caching](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/caching.md)