# Accumulator

> A formal definition of a surface that receives what a record extracts before the record is deleted, so a deletion loses nothing a later reader needs.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Venue](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/venue.md) and before [Retention](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/retention.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)