stateful
adjEtymology From state + -ful. In the computing sense it is intended as an opposite for stateless.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
- CORBA and DCOM are both stateful protocols. A user establishes a connection with the server and that connection remains in place during the entire session.2001, John Mueller, Special edition using SOAP:
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Obsolete Full of state; stately.
- [T]o haue a generall timerous reſpect, obſerue a man, a ſtatefull ſcilence in his preſence: […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene v:
- Antonyms
- stateless
- Derived terms
- nonstateful, statefully, statefulness