# Random Access Requirement

> A need to read arbitrary items by position or key on demand rather than strictly in sequence.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ordered Read Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ordered-read-model.md) and before [Backtracking Algorithm](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/backtracking-algorithm.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Sequential Access](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/sequential-access.md)
- [Sequential Access / Random Access Requirement](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/random-access-requirement-sequential-access.md)

## Linked from

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