# Deferred Execution

> The ability to capture a request as an object so it can be run later, held in a queue, or logged.

Record: `lexicon:deferred-execution`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Aliases: Request Queuing
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-deferred-execution

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Decoupled Notification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/decoupled-notification.md) and before [Exhaustive State Reasoning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/exhaustive-state-reasoning.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Enabled by

- [Command Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/command-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)
- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-core-vocabulary.md)