Persistence may refer to:

Math and computers

Image persistence Image persistence, or image retention, is the LCD and plasma display equivalent of screen burn-in. Unlike screen burn, the effects are usually temporary and often not visible without close inspection. Plasma displays experiencing severe image p ...

, in LCD monitors *

Persistence (computer science) In computer science, persistence refers to the characteristic of state of a system that outlives (persists more than) the process that created it. This is achieved in practice by storing the state as data in computer data storage. Programs have t ...

, the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it *

Persistence of a number In mathematics, the persistence of a number is the number of times one must apply a given operation to an integer before reaching a fixed point at which the operation no longer alters the number. Usually, this involves additive or multiplicative ...

, a mathematical quality of numbers *

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 *

Persistent world A persistent world or persistent state world (PSW) is a virtual world which, by the definition by Richard Bartle, "continues to exist and develop internally even when there are no people interacting with it". The first virtual worlds were text-ba ...

, in virtual reality and computer games

Science

* Multidrug tolerance, a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population *

Persistence (botany) Persistence is the retention of plant organs 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 persistent plant organs can be a helpfu ...

, describing plant parts that remain attached to the plant after completing their function * Persistence (discontinuity), a concept in geotechnical engineering * Persistence (linguistics), a principle of grammaticalization *

Persistence (psychology) In psychology, persistence (PS) is a personality trait. It is measured in the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and is considered one of the four ''temperament'' traits. Persistence refers to perseverance in spite of fatigue or frustration. ...

, a personality trait *

Persistence of vision Persistence of vision traditionally refers to the optical illusion that occurs when visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye. The illusion has also been d ...

, a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved *

Persistence forecasting Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time. People have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia and formally since the 19th cent ...

, predicting the future to be the same as the present

Other

* ''Persistence'' (log canoe), an 1890s Chesapeake Bay log canoe * 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 Firesprite is a British video game developer formed in 2012 by former members of the Studio Liverpool based in Liverpool. History Firesprite was founded in 2012 by Graeme Ankers as Managing Director, Lee Carus as Art Director, Chris Roberts as ...

* ''Persistence'' the rover

Math and computers

Science

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