# Load Handling

> The ability to process a high volume of work without degrading.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Latency Reduction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-reduction.md) and before [Memory Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/memory-scalability.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Throughput](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/throughput.md)

## Linked from

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