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stateful

stateful adjective: that supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.

Adjective

stateful (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. (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 of stateful

Origin of stateful

From state + -ful. In the computing sense it is intended as an opposite for stateless.

Words formed from stateful

Questions about stateful

What does stateful mean?
Stateful means that supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
What part of speech is stateful?
Stateful is an adjective.

Words near stateful in the dictionary

  1. statedly
  2. statedness
  3. statedom
  4. statefinder
  5. statefinders
  6. stateful
  7. statefully
  8. statefulness
  9. statefunction
  10. statefunctions
  11. stategraph

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