# Startup Cost

> The degree to which scanning for components at startup slows the system's initialization.

Record: `lex:startup-cost`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-startup-cost

## category

- [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md)

## referenced-by

- [Auto-Discovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/auto-discovery.md)