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  2. To shut down, or not to shut down? That really is the question

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    The shutdown-versus-sleep-mode debate has raged for years, and you’ve probably wondered about the answer a time or two yourself. ... Many of us were told decades ago that while a shut-down ...

  3. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    This approach combines the benefits of sleep mode and hibernation: The machine can resume instantaneously, but it can also be powered down completely (e.g. due to loss of power) without loss of data, because it is already effectively in a state of hibernation. This mode is called "hybrid sleep" in Microsoft Windows other than Windows XP.

  4. Hibernation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Hibernation (also known as suspend to disk, or Safe Sleep on Macintosh computers [1]) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state. When hibernation begins, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage .

  5. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Shuts down and reboots a computer. -m[\\ Computer Name] When shutting down a network computer, allows user to choose which computer to turn off. -t xx Timer before shut down occurs. By default it is set to 30 seconds. -c "message" Allows a message to be shown in the System Shutdown window. It can not be more than 127 characters.

  6. The Difference Between Chronic and Regular Insomnia ... - AOL

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    Plus, what to do about each.

  7. Government Shutdown vs. Debt Ceiling: What’s the Difference?

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    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders on Friday that the U.S is expected to reach the debt limit on Jan. 19. Once this happens, Yellen warned that the Treasury Department "will...

  8. ACPI - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Sleep in animals - Wikipedia

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    Sleep can follow a physiological or behavioral definition. In the physiological sense, sleep is a state characterized by reversible unconsciousness, special brainwave patterns, sporadic eye movement, loss of muscle tone (possibly with some exceptions; see below regarding the sleep of birds and of aquatic mammals), and a compensatory increase following deprivation of the state, this last known ...