persistence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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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From Middle French persistance.

persistency

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