# Avoiding Unneeded Work

> The ability to skip computing results that are never used.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Streaming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/streaming.md) and before [Debuggability/Resource Lifetime](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/debuggability-resource-lifetime.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Lazy Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/lazy-evaluation.md)

## Linked from

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