Meaning of PERSISTENCE
| Pronunciation: | | purs'istuns
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| Matching Terms: | | persistency
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| | Definition: | | 1. A property of a programming language where created objects and variables continue to exist and retain their values between runs of the program. 2. The length of time a phosphor dot on the screen of a cathode ray tube will remain illuminated after it has been energised by the electron beam. Long-persistence phosphors reduce flicker, but generate ghost-like images that linger on screen for a fraction of a second. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abidingness, accordance, adhesiveness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, calm, changelessness, cohesiveness, commitment, concentration, consistency, consonance, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, correspondence, course, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, defeat of time, defiance of time, definiteness, demandingness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotion, diligence, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, earnestness, endurance, engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, exigency, extension, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, frozenness, gluiness, glutinosity, grit, gumminess, hardening, homogeneity, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, lastingness, lengthening, long standing, longevity, long-lastingness, long-livedness, loyalty, maintenance, monolithism, obduracy, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuation, perpetuity, perseverance, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, pluck, plugging, preoccupation, pressingness, pressure, progress, progression, prolongation, protraction, purpose, purposefulness, pursuance, quiescence, relentlessness, repetition, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, retention, rigidity, run, sedulity, sedulousness, self-will, seriousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, snugness, solidity, stability, stamina, standing, stasis, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stickiness, stick-to-itiveness, straight course, stubbornness, survival, survivance, sustained action, sustenance, tackiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tightness, tirelessness, torpor, total commitment, toughness, unchangeability, unchangingness, uniformity, uninterrupted course, unity, unremittingness, unruffledness, unswerving attention, urgency, viscidity, viscosity, way, will |
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