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To shut down or power off a computer is to remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as CPUs , RAM modules and hard disk drives are powered down, although some internal components, such as an internal clock, may retain power.
Sleep (available on some keyboards, configurable in Control Panel Power Options Advanced tab dialog box) Shut down computer Windows 10: ⊞ Win+x > u > u: Ctrl+⌥ Opt+⌘ Cmd+Eject (no confirmation, shutdown is immediate) Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift+PageDown (KDE; no confirmation, shutdown is immediate) (GNOME; there is no default shortcut) [6]
In Windows, this can be configured to enter one of the "sleeping modes", i.e. "suspend to RAM" (with fast wake up by pressing any key) or "suspend to disk" (i.e. hibernation, where waking up will require pressing the power button, restoring all running applications in their current running state), or to shutdown the PC completely (closing all ...
Obviously, the state that uses the least amount of power is a full shutdown, followed closely by “hibernate”—and trailed significantly by “sleep,” which uses the most power.
The Dell Inspiron Desktop (Intel) (3668) features a power button, 5-in-1 multi-card reader, audio combo jack, 2 USB 3.0 ports, an optical drive and an air vent on the front of the computer. At the back of the computer there is line in/out & mic, VGA, HDMI, 4 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet port, security-cable slot and padlock rings.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard that operating systems can use to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management (e.g. putting unused hardware components to sleep), auto configuration (e.g. Plug and Play and hot swapping), and status monitoring. It was first released in ...
A Control key (marked "Ctrl") on a Windows keyboard next to one style of a Windows key, followed in turn by an Alt key The rarely used ISO keyboard symbol for "Control". In computing, a Control keyCtrl is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, performs a special operation (for example, Ctrl+C).
The IBM 701 computer (1952–1956) had a "Load" button that initiated reading of the first 36-bit word into main memory from a punched card in a card reader, a magnetic tape in a tape drive, or a magnetic drum unit, depending on the position of the Load Selector switch. The left 18-bit half-word was then executed as an instruction, which ...