noun
persistence
puh-SIHSTNS
noun
1
The quality of continuing to try despite difficulty.
"Her persistence eventually paid off when the company agreed to a refund."
2
In computing, the property of data continuing to exist after a program has stopped running.
"The app uses a database to ensure data persistence between sessions."
How to Use Persistence
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot giving up — or, in tech, data that sticks around instead of disappearing.
Common pairings
data persistence
persistence pays off
Word Forms
persistences plural
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