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Stageful vs Stateful - What's the difference?

stageful | stateful |

As a noun stageful

is as much as a stage will hold.

As an adjective stateful is

(computing) that supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.

stageful

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • As much as a stage will hold.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 7, author=The New York Times, title=Dance Listings, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=There is a range of themes and moods, and you can’t get much more slyly evil than in “Cloven Kingdom”; more sumptuous than “Arden Court”; more joyously and meditatively abandoned than “Esplanade”; or more goofy than “Diggity,” with its stageful of dogs and designs by Alex Katz. }}

    stateful

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing) That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
  • * 2001 , John Mueller, Special edition using SOAP
    • 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.
  • (obsolete) Full of state; stately.
  • * Marston
    • A stateful silence.

    Derived terms

    * statefully * statefulness

    Antonyms

    * stateless

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