volatile

  1. Adjective.  (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of a substance) explosive.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of a price etc) variable or erratic.
  4. Adjective.  fickle.
  5. Adjective.  temporary or ephemeral.
  6. Adjective.  (context, of a situation) potentially violent.
  7. Adjective.  (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
  8. Adjective.  (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.

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