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stateless

stateless

1 6.0
Not keeping information about previous requests
  • adjective
  • /ˈsteɪtləs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin estado
  • The nature of HTTP is somewhat stateless communication with absolutely no guarantee whatsoever (delivery, at-most-once).

Examples

  • A compelling case for a stateless society.

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  • I understand web services should be stateless.

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  • What might a stateless health care system look like?

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  • OK, so that is sort of an overview of how these stateless cookies work.

  • It is still called a stateless web service because the session is not persisted or reused for other requests.

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  • I would say this would be borderline impossible to set up a 'workable' solution in HTTP as HTTP is stateless.

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  • I believe that the transition to a stateless society would have to take place through the evolution of non-coercive relations, institutions, and culture in parallel with the existing state—"building the new world in the shell of the old," as the IWW put it.

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  • In a stateless application, the server does not remember client information between requests.

  • The stateless nature of the API allows for easier scalability and maintenance.

  • Unlike traditional systems, a stateless protocol does not retain any prior session data.

Synonyms

memoryless
vsstateless
  • Specialized
7.6

A system that does not depend on what happened before

is the broader general property applying beyond processes or systems

Antonyms

stateful
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A system that keeps information about past interactions

How Stateful

persistent
  • Specialized
3 4.9
stateful
  • Specialized
1 7.1
stateless
  • Specialized
1 6.0

Surface Forms

stateless positive

Morphology

stateless = state (transparent) = state + less

Same productive formation 'state' + '-less' meaning 'without stored state'; the derivation is straightforward though it relies on the computing sense of 'state'.

Etymology

Stateless comes from state ('condition' or 'record') and -less ('without'). So in computing it means 'without memory of past interactions', which is why a stateless server treats each request on its own.