Persistence or Persist may refer to:
Math and computers
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Image persistence
Image persistence, or image retention, is a phenomenon in LCD and plasma displays where unwanted visual information is shown which corresponds to a previous state of the display. It is the flat-panel equivalent of screen burn-in. Unlike screen ...
, in LCD monitors
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Persistence (computer science)
In computer science, persistence refers to the characteristic of State (computer science), state of a system that outlives (persists for longer than) the Process (computing), process that created it. This is achieved in practice by storing the st ...
, the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it
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Persistence of a number, a mathematical quality of numbers
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Persistent data structure
In computing, a persistent data structure or not ephemeral data structure is a data structure that always preserves the previous version of itself when it is modified. Such data structures are effectively immutable, as their operations do not (v ...
, a data structure that always preserves the previous version of itself when it is modified
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Persistent world
A persistent world or persistent state world (PSW) is a virtual world which, by the definition given by Richard Bartle, "continues to exist and develop internally even when there are no people interacting with it". The first virtual worlds were ...
, in virtual reality and computer games
Science
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Multidrug tolerance, a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population
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Persistence (botany)
Persistence is the retention of plant organs, such as flowers, seeds, or leaves, after their normal function has been completed, in contrast with the shedding of deciduous organs after their purpose has been fulfilled. Absence or presence of per ...
, describing plant parts that remain attached to the plant after completing their function
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Persistence (discontinuity), a concept in geotechnical engineering
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Persistence (linguistics), a principle of grammaticalization
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Persistence (psychology) Persistence is a key personality trait, describing an individual's propensity to remain motivated, resilient, and goal-driven in the face of challenges and difficulties they may encounter whilst carrying out tasks and working towards goals. Identifi ...
, a personality trait
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Persistence of vision
Persistence of vision is the optical illusion that occurs when the visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the Light ray, rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye.
The illusion has also been descr ...
, a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved
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Persistence forecasting, predicting the future to be the same as the present
Other
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''Persistence'' (log canoe), an 1890s Chesapeake Bay log canoe
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Persist, Oregon, a ghost town in Jackson County, U.S.
* ''Persistence'', a 2005 demo by
Konkhra
* ''The Persistence'', a first-person horror game developed by
Firesprite
* ''Persistence'' the rover
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Persist (Java tool), a Java-based ORM/DAO tool
* "Persistence", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from ''
Omnium Gatherum''
See also
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Persistent (disambiguation)
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The Persistence of Memory (disambiguation)
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