# Reorder Buffer

> A technique for holding events that arrive early until the events before them arrive, then releasing them in order.

Record: `lexicon:reorder-buffer`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-reorder-buffer

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Latency-Consistency Trade-off When Healthy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-consistency-trade-off-when-healthy.md) and before [Service Tag](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/service-tag.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Refactors

- [Event Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-ordering.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)