nietvlottige

Nietvlottige is a Dutch term meaning non-volatile. It is used to describe things that do not readily lose mass or state through evaporation or power loss. In chemistry, non-volatile substances have low vapor pressure at a given temperature and high boiling points; they tend to remain in the liquid or solid phase rather than evaporating under normal conditions. This property is important in distillation, drying, and solvent-removal processes, where non-volatile residues remain after solvent evaporation.

In computing and information technology, non-volatile memory retains stored data without continuous power. This category covers a range of storage technologies including read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), hard disk drives, and solid-state drives, as well as emerging technologies such as magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) and phase-change memory. Non-volatile memory is essential for firmware storage, system boot processes, and persistent data storage, though some NVM technologies may have slower write cycles or limited endurance compared with volatile memory like DRAM. The distinction between volatile and non-volatile memory is fundamental to computer architecture and data preservation.