# Origin Offload

> The ability to relieve the origin server by serving cached copies from the edge.

Record: `lexicon:origin-offload`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-origin-offload

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Multi-Core Utilization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/multi-core-utilization.md) and before [Overlapping Work](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/overlapping-work.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [CDN / Edge Caching](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/cdn-edge-caching.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)