persisted

Persisted is the past tense and past participle of persist. Persist means to continue firmly in a course of action, or to remain in existence over time. The word derives from Latin persistere, from per- “through” + sistere “to stand.”

In everyday language, “the problem persisted” describes a situation that continued despite attempts to resolve it. The related adjective “persistent” is more commonly used to describe ongoing qualities or habitual tendencies, while “persisted” specifies a completed action in the past.

In computing, persistence refers to the property of data or state surviving beyond the life of a program. Data that has been persisted is stored in non-volatile storage—such as databases, files, or cloud storage—so it can be retrieved later. Persistence is a central concept in software design and is implemented through databases, file systems, and various storage technologies. Durability guarantees, such as the ACID properties of traditional relational databases or the trade-offs of some NoSQL systems, characterize how persisted data remains accessible after crashes or restarts.

Related terms include persistence (the noun describing the quality or state of lasting) and perseverance (the quality of continuing with effort despite difficulties). The word persisted is most often encountered as part of past-tense narration or technical descriptions of stored state.