stateful

Keeps past data

Stateful describes a system or process that retains information about previous interactions or transactions.

A stateful application remembers what you did before—your login, your shopping cart, your place in a form.

The opposite is stateless, where each request is handled independently with no memory of what came before.

The server maintains a stateful connection with each client.

computing

session

Scheduled time for activity

rollback · persistence · transaction · tracking · synchronization · protocol · initialization · middleware · REST · API

memory

cache

Concealed storage spot

stack · buffer · pointer · object-oriented · encapsulation · dataflow · allocation · storage · retention · snapshot

architecture

microservices

Decomposed application architecture

database · replicas · failover · distributed · cluster · sharding · consensus · ACID · durability

Categories
Opposites
memory/state retention

statefulstateless

Without national belonging

memoryless · context-free · connectionless · forgetful · amnesic

architectural complexity

statefulstateless

Without national belonging

pure · functional · atomic · simple · serverless

Family

state, status, estate, statement, static, stationary, states, stately, interstate

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