Persistence
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Persistence may refer to:
- Persistence (computer science), the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it
- Persistence (meteorology), the meteorological phenomenon by which weather remains relatively unchanged over short time intervals, allowing forecasts to become more accurate.
- Persistence of a number, a mathematical quality of numbers
- Image persistence, in LCD monitors
- Inflation persistence, in economics
Persistence may also be used for:
- A measure of how long a CRT monitor's phosphors glow after they have been struck by electrons.
- The existence of an infectious agent in a population without causing direct harm to the hosts which carry it, but with the potential to infect and damage other hosts, particularly those who are immunocompromised.
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