# Look-Back Buffering

> A defect in which a whole stream is buffered so that one stage can look back or ahead.

Record: `lexicon:look-back-buffering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-look-back-buffering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Random Access over a Stream](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/random-access-over-a-stream.md) and before [Closed Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/closed-core.md).

## Category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## Violates

- [Forward-Only Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/forward-only-processing.md)

## Linked from

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