Persistent

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveObstinately refusing to give up or let go.

"She has had a persistent cough for weeks."

2.AdjectiveInsistently repetitive.

"There was a persistent knocking on the door."

3.AdjectiveIndefinitely continuous.

"There have been persistent rumours for years."

4.AdjectiveLasting past maturity without falling off.

"Pine cones have persistent scales."

5.AdjectiveOf data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

"Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program."

6.AdjectiveDescribing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function

7.Adjectivenon-transient.

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