# Startup Cost

> The degree to which scanning for components at startup slows the system's initialization.

Record: `lexicon:startup-cost`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-startup-cost

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Extensibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/extensibility.md) and before [Causation Tracking](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/causation-tracking.md).

## Category

- [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md)

## In tension with

- [Runtime Discovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/runtime-discovery.md)
- [Runtime Discovery / Startup Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/runtime-discovery-startup-cost.md)

## Linked from

- [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md)
- [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)