# Adapter/Port Abstraction

> A boundary abstraction separating core logic from external protocols via port interfaces and pluggable adapters.

Record: `lexicon:adapter-port-abstraction`
Kind: pattern
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-adapter-port-abstraction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Proprietary Deviation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/proprietary-deviation.md) and before [Protocol Swap](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/protocol-swap.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Required by

- [Protocol Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/protocol-independence.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)