# Loop or Tick as a Tag

> Tagging a simulation's main loop or its tick as its own concern, where the engine tag covers the file that runs the loop and the step tag covers one advance.

Record: `lexicon:loop-or-tick-as-a-tag`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-loop-or-tick-as-a-tag

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Blueprint or Archetype as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blueprint-or-archetype-as-a-tag.md) and before [Batcher as a Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/batcher-as-a-tag.md).

## Category

- [Refused Tags](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/refused-tags.md)