# Persistence

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**Persistence** or **Persist** may refer to:

## Math and computers

- [Image persistence](/source/Image_persistence), in LCD monitors
- [Persistence (computer science)](/source/Persistence_(computer_science)), the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it
- [Persistence of a number](/source/Persistence_of_a_number), a mathematical property
- [Persistent data structure](/source/Persistent_data_structure), a data structure that always preserves the previous version of itself when it is modified
- [Persistent world](/source/Persistent_world), in virtual reality and computer games

## Science

- [Multidrug tolerance](/source/Multidrug_tolerance), a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population
- [Persistence (botany)](/source/Persistence_(botany)), describing plant parts that remain attached to the plant after completing their function
- [Persistence (discontinuity)](/source/Persistence_(discontinuity)), a concept in geotechnical engineering
- [Persistence (linguistics)](/source/Persistence_(linguistics)), a principle of grammaticalization
- [Persistence (psychology)](/source/Persistence_(psychology)), a personality trait
- [Persistence of vision](/source/Persistence_of_vision), a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved
- [Persistence forecasting](/source/Persistence_forecasting), predicting the future to be the same as the present

## Other

- [*Persistence* (log canoe)](/source/Persistence_(log_canoe)), an 1890s Chesapeake Bay log canoe
- [Persist, Oregon](/source/Persist,_Oregon), a ghost town in Jackson County, U.S.
- *Persistence*, a 2005 demo by [Konkhra](/source/Konkhra)
- *The Persistence*, a first-person horror game developed by [Firesprite](/source/Firesprite)
- *Persistence* the rover
- [Persist (Java tool)](/source/Persist_(Java_tool)), a Java-based ORM/DAO tool
- "Persistence", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from *[Omnium Gatherum](/source/Omnium_Gatherum_(album))*

## See also

- [Persistent (disambiguation)](/source/Persistent_(disambiguation))
- [The Persistence of Memory (disambiguation)](/source/The_Persistence_of_Memory_(disambiguation))

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