Persistent Entity
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A Persistent Entity is an Entity that persists beyond some Event.
- AKA: Persistent, Persistence, Persistent Object.
- Context:
- It can be a Persistent Data Structure.
- Example(s):
- See: Transitory Entity, Data Storage Capability.
References
2009
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_(computer_science)
- Persistence in computer science refers to the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it. Without this capability, data only exists in RAM, and will be lost when the memory loses power, such as on computer shutdown.