# Serial Item Processing

> Processing independent items one at a time in sequence, rather than in parallel.

Record: `lex:serial-item-processing`
Kind: approach
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-serial-item-processing

## category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## referenced-by

- [Fan-out/Fan-in](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fan-out-fan-in.md)