# Growth Handling

> The ability to absorb increasing load without redesign.

Record: `lexicon:growth-handling`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-growth-handling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Geographically-Local Delivery](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/geographically-local-delivery.md) and before [Large Dataset Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/large-dataset-scaling.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/scalability.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)