# Memory Footprint

> The degree of memory consumed by retaining state snapshots for later restoration.

Record: `lexicon:memory-footprint`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-memory-footprint

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Mediator God Object](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/mediator-god-object.md) and before [Silent No-Op Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/silent-no-op-risk.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## In tension with

- [Memento Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/memento-pattern.md)
- [Memento Pattern / Memory Footprint](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/memento-pattern-memory-footprint.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)