# Random Access over a Stream

> A defect in which code seeks or indexes into a source that can only be read in sequence.

Record: `lexicon:random-access-over-a-stream`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-random-access-over-a-stream

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Repeated Full Scan](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/repeated-full-scan.md) and before [Look-Back Buffering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/look-back-buffering.md).

## Category

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

## Violates

- [Sequential Access](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/sequential-access.md)

## Linked from

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