# Large Input Handling

> The ability to process inputs too large to fit in memory, through streaming or chunking.

Record: `lexicon:large-input-handling`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-large-input-handling

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Independent Work Units](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/independent-work-units.md) and before [Legal-Transition Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/legal-transition-enforcement.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Memory Efficiency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/memory-efficiency.md)
- [Single-Pass Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/single-pass-processing.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)