# Continuous Processing

> Handling data incrementally as it arrives, rather than in discrete scheduled batches.

Record: `lexicon:continuous-processing`
Kind: approach
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-continuous-processing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Context](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/context.md) and before [Controlled Access](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/controlled-access.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Event Stream](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-stream.md)
- [Streaming Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/streaming-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)
- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)