# Deterministic Behavior

> The requirement that the code under test produce the same result for the same inputs.

Record: `lexicon:deterministic-behavior`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-deterministic-behavior

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Controlled State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/controlled-state.md) and before [No Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/no-side-effects.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Required by

- [Testability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/testability.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)