Stateless vs Memoryless - What's the difference?
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(computer science) Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
(dated) Without state or pomp.
(legal) Without a state or nationality, not subject to any state.
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, title= (probability theory) Of a probability distribution, such that any derived probability from a set of random samples is distinct and has no information (i.e. "memory") of earlier samples.
As adjectives the difference between stateless and memoryless
is that stateless is of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions while memoryless is of a probability distribution, such that any derived probability from a set of random samples is distinct and has no information (i.e. "memory") of earlier samples.stateless
English
(wikipedia stateless)Adjective
(-)T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them