persistence

B2
Pronunciation
/pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

The property of being persistent.

Example Sentences
  • You've got to admire his persistence. He's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
2 Definition

Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.

Example Sentences
  • Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
3 Definition

Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).