# Localize Effect

> A technique for confining a change of global behavior to the scope that needs it.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Explicit Dependency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-dependency.md) and before [Restrict Global Mutation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/restrict-global-mutation.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Refactors

- [Action at a Distance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/action-at-a-distance.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)