# Parallel Processing

> The ability to process many records at once because each is handled independently of the others.

Record: `lexicon:parallel-processing`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-parallel-processing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [No Hidden State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/no-hidden-state.md) and before [Stateful Business Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stateful-business-rules.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Stateless Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/stateless-processing.md)

## Linked from

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