diff --git a/docs/iris/src/userguide/real_and_lazy_data.rst b/docs/iris/src/userguide/real_and_lazy_data.rst index d086b87457..84a35efa64 100644 --- a/docs/iris/src/userguide/real_and_lazy_data.rst +++ b/docs/iris/src/userguide/real_and_lazy_data.rst @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ take up a large amount of memory. Conversely, we use the term **lazy data** to describe data that is not loaded into memory. (This is sometimes also referred to as **deferred data**.) In Iris, lazy data is provided as a -`dask array `_. +`dask array `_. A dask array also has a shape and data type but the dask array's data points remain on disk and only loaded into memory in small chunks when absolutely necessary. This has key performance benefits for