Retention

Retention (lat. Retinere "to hold back") stands for:

Retention (philosophy) , ability of the consciousness to hold onto not only the current perceptions flowing to it, but also perceptions of the immediately preceding moment
Retention (right) to make use of the right to withhold a service to be provided until a claim has been made to fulfill this service
Retention (medicine) , retention of certain substances or liquids; further meanings: immobilization of a broken bone or correction of a misalignment
Retention (dentistry) , tooth retention occurs when a tooth remains trapped in the jaw and does not erupt

Retention (NVRAM) , the minimum time specified by the memory manufacturer in which information that has been stored once remains error-free, i.e. no data loss occurs

Retention (water management) , balancing effect of reservoirs on the flow or runoff in flowing water

Retention (hydromechanics) , flow inhibition and delay through natural conditions or artificial measures.

Retention (geology) , reversible binding of substances in water (such as phosphate in sediment) or soil (such as the retention of pollutants in contaminated sites)

Retention (soil) , the force that holds water in the substrate

Retention (papermaking) , retention of solids on the wire during papermaking

Retention (chromatography) , delayed flow of individual substances of the substance mixture of the mobile phase through interaction with the stationary phase

Retention (chemistry) , configuration retention , see also nucleophilic substitution

the ability of a company or management to retain its employees over the long term, see employee retention

Retention (software development) , the ability of a software or a web service to bind the user and encourage them to use it regularly

Retention (forestry) , conservation or forestry measures to create characteristics of old forests in used forests (intact vegetation, trees that are allowed to grow old, dead standing and fallen trees)

Retention (databases) , the continuous and audit-proof storage of data

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