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