# Pagination - Benchmark Spec **Harvested from**: Carbon, Polaris, Atlassian, Mantine, Material 3, UUPM (app-interface, MIT) **Wave**: 4 · **Category**: Navigation --- ## Purpose Pagination divides a large dataset into discrete pages and provides controls to navigate between them. It is the preferred pattern for server-rendered or API-paginated datasets where loading all items at once is impractical. Use infinite scroll for feeds/social content; use pagination for tables, search results, and list views where users need to reference or return to a specific page. *(Carbon, Polaris, Atlassian, Mantine all define pagination as discrete page-set navigation)* --- ## Anatomy ``` ``` | Part | Required | Notes | |------|----------|-------| | `