# Serial Item Processing

> Processing independent items one at a time in sequence, rather than in parallel.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Result Aggregation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/result-aggregation.md) and before [Fitness for Purpose](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fitness-for-purpose.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Fan-out/Fan-in](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fan-out-fan-in.md)
- [Fan-out/Fan-in / Serial Item Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/fan-out-fan-in-serial-item-processing.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)