Persistence may refer to:
- Image persistence, in LCD monitors
- Multidrug tolerance, a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population
- Persistence (computer science), the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it
- Persistence (psychology), a personality trait
- Persistence (Discontinuity), a concept in geotechnical engineering
- Persistence of a number, a mathematical quality of numbers
- Persistent world, in virtual reality and computer games
- Persistence of vision, a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved
Famous quotes containing the word persistence:
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On”, has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“Extreme patience and persistence are required,
Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed
The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)