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Volatile storage

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• Volatile variable

  programming A variable in a computer program which can be modified by processes other than the program. For example, a variable that stores the value of a timer chip (either because it is located at the address of the hardware device or because it is updated on interrupts) needs to be volatile to be useful. […]

• Volatility

  adjective 1. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent. 2. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a volatile political situation. 3. changeable; mercurial; flighty: a volatile disposition. 4. (of prices, values, etc.) tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly: volatile market conditions. 5. fleeting; […]

• Volatility-index

  noun, Stock Exchange. 1. beta (def 6).

• Volatilization

  verb (used without object), volatilized, volatilizing. 1. to become volatile; pass off as vapor. verb (used with object), volatilized, volatilizing. 2. to make volatile; cause to pass off as vapor. verb 1. to change or cause to change from a solid or liquid to a vapour volatilization vol·a·til·i·za·tion (vŏl’ə-tl-ĭ-zā’shən) n. See evaporation.

• Vociferant

  adjective 1. vociferating; noisy. noun 2. a person who vociferates. adjective 1. a less common word for vociferous noun 2. (rare) a vociferous person

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