Persistence

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n.
     [See {Persistent}.]
     1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or
        continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense,
        doggedness; obstinacy.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first
        gave rise to it is removed; as:
        (a) (Physics) The persistence of motion.
        (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the
            visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  persistence
       n 1: the property of a continuous and connected period of time
            [syn: {continuity}]
       2: persistent determination [syn: {doggedness}, {perseverance},
           {persistency}, {tenacity}, {tenaciousness}, {pertinacity}]
       3: the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or
          repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the
          point where it was no longer appropriate" [syn: {perseverance},
           {perseveration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  170 Moby Thesaurus words for "persistence":
     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, long-lastingness, long-livedness,
     longevity, 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, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness,
     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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  persistence
       
          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.
       
          (1994-11-09)