Definition of "nonvolatile" []

• Not volatile (in any sense). (adjective)

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• ""We want to make it into a so-called nonvolatile transistor," says Kang Wang, head of the Device Research Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles."
• "Electrons "tunnel" between the two magnets, and the oxide filters information from the electrons 'spin states to create what is called nonvolatile memory, which doesn't require electricity to store information."
• "The Parameter RAM is a small amount of "nonvolatile" RAM (NVRAM) that holds various settings that the system can use before the operating system loads, and maintains these settings even when the computer is turned off."