# Sequential Access / Random Access Requirement

> "sequential-access" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Random Access Requirement" (execution-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Random Access Requirement" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:random-access-requirement-sequential-access`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-random-access-requirement-sequential-access

## tensions-with

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