Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not volatile; stable or constant.
- adjective Computers Of or relating to memory whose data is retained when the memory's power is interrupted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not readily evaporated. Opposite of
volatile .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
volatile (in any sense).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not volatilizing readily
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Examples
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Electrons "tunnel" between the two magnets, and the oxide filters information from the electrons 'spin states to create what is called nonvolatile memory, which doesn't require electricity to store information.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Electrons "tunnel" between the two magnets, and the oxide filters information from the electrons 'spin states to create what is called nonvolatile memory, which doesn't require electricity to store information.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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"We want to make it into a so-called nonvolatile transistor," says Kang Wang, head of the Device Research Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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The Parameter RAM is a small amount of "nonvolatile" RAM (NVRAM) that holds various settings that the system can use before the operating system loads, and maintains these settings even when the computer is turned off.
MacFixIt 2009
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The radiation emitted by nonvolatile materials still poses a big danger to workers or cleanup crews close to the plant, along with the released volatile elements such as cesium and iodine.
Low Levels of Radioactive Material Begin to Be Detected Across Pacific Gautam Naik 2011
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Like flash, it's nonvolatile, retaining data even after power is turned off.
IBM Makes Breakthrough in Memory to Store Data Shara Tibken 2011
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It would take a major explosion to scatter nonvolatile elements beyond the immediate area.
Low Levels of Radioactive Material Begin to Be Detected Across Pacific Gautam Naik 2011
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Many dangerous nonvolatile radioactive materials such as uranium tend to remain in the nuclear core.
Low Levels of Radioactive Material Begin to Be Detected Across Pacific Gautam Naik 2011
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This new PRAM-packaged memory combines the nonvolatile nature of flash memory with the high-speed capability of DRAM.
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However it is possible that we might find some nonvolatile memory on board the aircraft, if it was not damaged, this could be from some of the displays, GPS equipment, things like that.
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