persistence
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[edit] Noun
persistence (plural persistences)
- The property of being persistent.
- You've got to admire his persistence, he's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
- (computer science) Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
- Once written to a disk file the data has persistence, it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
- (meteorology) Referring to the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:obstinacy
- See also Wikisaurus:perseverance
[edit] Translations
property of being persistent
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