# Count Distinguished Copies

> A technique for counting the copies that differ from their source before deciding which way to collapse them.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Write the Entry Before Reading the Set](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/write-the-entry-before-reading-the-set.md) and before [Read Each Period](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/read-each-period.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Period-Decided Disposition](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/period-decided-disposition.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)