Persistence
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Persistence may refer to:
- Image persistenceImage persistenceImage persistence is the LCD and plasma display equivalent of screen burn. Unlike screen burn, however, the effects are usually temporary. Plasma displays can also suffer from burn-in.-Cause:...
, in LCD monitors - Multidrug toleranceMultidrug toleranceMultidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance is the ability of a disease-causing microorganism to resist killing by antibiotics or other antimicrobials. It is mechanistically distinct from multidrug resistance: It is not caused by mutant microbes, but rather by microbial cells that exist in a...
, a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population - Persistence (computer science)Persistence (computer science)Persistence in computer science refers to the characteristic of state that outlives the process that created it. Without this capability, state would only exist in RAM, and would be lost when this RAM loses power, such as a computer shutdown....
, the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it - Persistence (psychology)Persistence (psychology)In psychology, persistence is a personality trait.It is measured in the Temperament and Character Inventory.The subscales of PS in TCI-R consist of# Eagerness of effort # Work hardened # Ambitious # Perfectionist...
, a personality trait - PersistencePersistence (discontinuity)Persistence determines the possibilities of relative movement along a discontinuity in a soil or rock mass in geotechnical engineering. Discontinuities are usually differentiated in persistent, non-persistent, and abutting discontinuities ....
of a discontinuity in geotechnical engineering - Persistence of a numberPersistence of a numberIn mathematics, the persistence of a number is a term used to describe the number of times one must apply a given operation to an integer before reaching a fixed point, i.e...
, a mathematical quality of numbers - Persistent worldPersistent worldA persistent world is a virtual world that continues to exist even after a user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent...
, in virtual reality and computer games - Persistence of visionPersistence of visionPersistence of vision is the phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina....
, a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved - Persistence of a time seriesTime seriesIn statistics, signal processing, econometrics and mathematical finance, a time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times spaced at uniform time intervals. Examples of time series are the daily closing value of the Dow Jones index or the annual flow volume of the...