That operates to produce an effect.
Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
An operative person or thing.
Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
Lasting past maturity without falling off.
non-transient.
Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
Insistently repetitive.
Indefinitely continuous.