Transient

Definitions

1. Something that is transient.
2. A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
3. A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
4. A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
5. A homeless person.
6. A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
7. A homestay.
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Examples

“Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.”

“The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster.”

“These areas function to single thread supervisor routines that are loaded as needed. The Logical Transient Area (LTA) processes $$B transients.”

“Like⟳ with setting and getting transients, WordPress packages a delete⟳_transient() function for deleting a transient from the database.”

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