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  2. Spurious wakeup - Wikipedia

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    When several threads are waiting on a single condition variable, the system may decide to wake all threads up when it's signaled. The system treats every signal( ) to wake one thread as a broadcast( ) to wake all of them, thus breaking any possibly expected 1:1 relationship between signals and wakeup. [ 1 ]

  3. Wake-on-LAN - Wikipedia

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    A physical Wake-on-LAN connector (white object in foreground) featured on the IBM PCI Token-Ring Adapter 2. Wake-on-LAN (WoL or WOL) [a] is an Ethernet or Token Ring computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened from sleep mode by a network message.

  4. NXLog - Wikipedia

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    NXLog is a multi-threaded application, the main thread is responsible for monitoring files and sockets. These are added to the core by the different input and output modules. There is a dedicated thread handling internal events. It sleeps until the next event is to be processed then wakes up and dispatches the event to a worker thread.

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    The phone itself is quite affordable, and service plans start at just $20 per month. While it’s not the most capable smartphone available, it is a great option for seniors looking for the basics ...

  6. Skyscraper Caper - Wikipedia

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    Skyscraper Caper is a 1968 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Alex Lovy. [1] The short was released on March 9, 1968, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. [2] It was the penultimate cartoon in the Daffy/Speedy series, and the only one where the two are never adversaries at any point in the cartoon.

  7. 'Ghost Boy' tells true story of waking from 12-year coma - AOL

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    In 1988, at just 12 years old, Martin Pistorius' health started to decline. He soon went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but now he's awake and telling an amazing story. Pistorius says while ...

  8. Red Hot Mamma - Wikipedia

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    Shutting all the windows isn't enough, so she lights a roaring fire in the fireplace and falls asleep on the hearthplace rug. The heat of the flames soon turns two roosting chickens into roasted chickens, and causes Betty to dream that her fireplace has become the gate to Hell itself. Betty explores the underworld, and sings "Hell's Bells" for ...

  9. False awakening - Wikipedia

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    A false awakening may occur following a dream or following a lucid dream (one in which the dreamer has been aware of dreaming). Particularly, if the false awakening follows a lucid dream, the false awakening may turn into a "pre-lucid dream", [2] that is, one in which the dreamer may start to wonder if they are really awake and may or may not come to the correct conclusion.