# Subscriber

> A component that registers interest in a topic and receives its messages.

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

## category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## referenced-by

- [Publish/Subscribe Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/publish-subscribe-pattern.md)