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state
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[programming]
In programming, the current data contained by an object. -
[government]
An autonomous political and administrative division of geography. The United States is composed of 50 states. -
[ESRI software]
A discrete snapshot of a database whenever a change is made. Every edit operation creates a new database state, and all geodatabase versions reference one of these database states and evolve over time through a series of states.
