# Real-World Variability

> The degree to which controlling conditions for repeatability diverges from real-world variability.

Record: `lexicon:real-world-variability`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-real-world-variability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fitness for Use](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fitness-for-use.md) and before [Runtime Adaptivity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-adaptivity.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## In tension with

- [Repeatability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/repeatability.md)
- [Repeatability / Real-World Variability](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/real-world-variability-repeatability.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)