| English | French |
| persistent chat | conversation permanente (A type of chat in which messages are posted to a chat room where they can be viewed and responded to in real time by multiple participants. Users can search for other rooms by name, member/owner, keywords, and content across groups from Lync) |
| persistent cookie | cookie persistant (A cookie that remains on the user's computer between browser sessions; a cookie with an expiration time independent of when the browser is closed) |
| persistent file handle | descripteur de fichier persistant (A file handle that has a persistent value for the lifetime of the file system object to which it refers) |
| persistent object | objet persistant (A COM object that adheres to standards through which clients can request objects to be initialized, loaded, and saved to and from a data store, such as a flat file, structured storage, or memory) |
| persistent reservation | réservation persistante (A reservation placed on a disk by Failover Clustering to prevent computers other than the appropriate cluster member from accessing the disk) |
| persistent virtual machine | machine virtuelle persistante (A virtual machine that will retain the data indefinitely, even after the reboot) |
| persistent VM | machine virtuelle persistante (A virtual machine that will retain the data indefinitely, even after the reboot) |
