persistence

Meaning

Noun

  • The property of being persistent.
  • Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
  • Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
  • The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.

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Origin

  • From Middle French persistance

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