persistence vs recess

persistence

noun
  • The property of being persistent. 

  • Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics). 

  • The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state. 

  • Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program. 

recess

noun
  • A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. 

  • A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest. 

  • A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. 

  • A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground. 

  • An inset, hole, hollow space or opening. 

  • A remote, secret or abstruse place. 

  • A break, pause or vacation. 

  • A period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended. 

verb
  • To take or declare a break. 

  • To appoint, with a recess appointment. 

  • To make a recess in. 

  • To inset into something, or to recede. 

  • To suspend (formal proceedings) temporarily. 

  • To place in a recess. 

  • To suspend its proceedings for a period of time. 

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