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📖What it means
Computed from a live source at the moment it is asked for, rather than stored and maintained by hand. Requirements are derived; so is a service's spend. Derived values cannot go stale, and cannot be edited into a lie.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Authored
A derived value is computed; an authored one was written by a person and has to be maintained.
Not: Cached
Derived means recomputed from source; cached means a previous computation is being reused.
🗣️Also called
computedlivenot stored