nonvolatile
adjective
non·vol·a·tile
ˌnän-ˈvä-lə-tᵊl 
: not volatile: such as
a
: not vaporizing readily
a nonvolatile solvent
b
of a computer memory
: retaining data when power is shut off
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Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above).
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
The device may contain crash data in nonvolatile memory, and it has been shipped off to its manufacturer to see what, if anything, can be recovered.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
While the vast majority of terrorist financing is still coming through fiat currency, the move to Tether—which is pegged to the U.S. dollar—reflects illicit actors’ search for nonvolatile assets, according to the Binance investigator.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 29 June 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
The device may contain crash data in nonvolatile memory, and it has been shipped off to its manufacturer to see what, if anything, can be recovered.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
While the vast majority of terrorist financing is still coming through fiat currency, the move to Tether—which is pegged to the U.S. dollar—reflects illicit actors’ search for nonvolatile assets, according to the Binance investigator.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 29 June 2023
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“Nonvolatile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonvolatile. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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