# Explicit Inputs

> All data a computation needs supplied through its parameters rather than read from ambient or hidden state.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Evidence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/evidence.md) and before [Fallback](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fallback.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Pure Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pure-functions.md)
- [Stateless Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/stateless-processing.md)

## Linked from

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