persistence
persistence Lexical Profile
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• noun
Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action, belief, or purpose despite difficulty, opposition, or failure.
"Her remarkable persistence in practicing the cello every evening eventually earned her a seat in the youth orchestra."
The continued or prolonged existence of something, such as a physical state, symptom, or environmental condition, beyond its expected duration.
"Scientists are studying the long-term persistence of synthetic microplastics in marine ecosystems."
In computing, the characteristic of data or state that outlives the process or program execution that created it, typically by being stored in non-volatile memory.
"The software architecture relies on a relational database to guarantee data persistence across server reboots."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Middle French persistance, derived from Latin persistere ('to continue steadfastly'), from per- ('thoroughly') and sistere ('to come to stand, remain').