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stateless Definition

state·less (stāt′lis)

adjective

having no state or nationality

stateless Telecom Definition
Referring to a system or process that is not aware of the status or condition of an activity in which it participates.
stateless Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

    Modifies a noun

    • protocol: The bottom line is that HTTP is a stateless protocol.
    • bean: For example, a stateless session bean may be used to perform temperature conversion.
    • nation: The significance of Kurdistan The Kurds are the world's largest stateless nation.
    • person: OR, a ' stateless person ' OR, a person traveling on a national travel document rather than a passport.
    • society: But I do regard the likely shape of a stateless society as a partial basis for judging the legitimacy of actually existing institutions.

    Used with adjective complement

    • become: Being in China at the time, Stanislav missed the deadline and became stateless.
    • bear: I hold Swedish and German nationality but was born stateless, as my father was a political refugee from Germany.
    • render: Such an order may not be made if the person concerned is thereby rendered stateless.
    • leave: Thousands of British overseas citizens left stateless after decolonisation in the 1960s are to be given the right to live in Britain.