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title: "Window (context window) · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Window (context window): the finite capacity an actor holds everything in — instructions, descriptions, working material."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/window-context-window"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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Glossary definition

# Window (context window)

Atlas key

window-context-window

Catalog order

51

Used in

7 sections

Catalog revision · e0cb75881244b1a82193ca738b82a0d508dd62e822524ae82873ec79d51dbb61

the finite capacity an actor holds everything in — instructions, descriptions, working material. It fills, it degrades, and everything in it costs. ([context economy](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/context-economy))

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## Used in

- [Context Efficiency](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/context-efficiency#why-it-matters-the-problem) Why it matters · 1 mention
- [Context Flow](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/context-flow#definition) Definition · 1 mention
- [Cost Relocation](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/cost-relocation#intent-the-problem-and-the-move) Intent · 1 mention
- [Deferred Context](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/deferred-context#intent-the-problem-and-the-move) Intent · 1 mention
- [The Docs Expert](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/docs-expert-agent#problem-signal) Problem signal · 1 mention
- [Reference Data](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/reference-data#intent-the-corpus-the-ladder-can-t-price) Intent · 1 mention
- [The Session Bill](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/session-bill#context-the-session) Context · 1 mention