# Logical Counter

> A monotonically increasing counter each process maintains to stamp events for logical ordering.

Record: `lexicon:logical-counter`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-logical-counter

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Happens-Before Reasoning](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/happens-before-reasoning.md) and before [No Concurrent Causality Distinction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/no-concurrent-causality-distinction.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Required by

- [Lamport Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/lamport-clocks.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)