Persistence may refer to: Math and computers Image persistence, in LCD monitors Persistence (computer science), the characteristic of data that outlives the execution of the program that created it Persistence of a number, a mathematical quality of numbers Persistent data structure, a data structure that always preserves the previous version of itself when it is modified Persistent world, in virtual reality and computer gamesScience Multidrug tolerance, a dormant, persistent state of a bacterial population Persistence (botany), describing plant parts that remain attached to the plant after completing their function Persistence (discontinuity), a concept in geotechnical engineering Persistence (linguistics), a principle of grammaticalization Persistence (psychology), a personality trait Persistence of vision, a theory on how the illusion of motion in films is achieved Persistence forecasting, predicting the future to be the same as the presentOther...