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  2. Spurious wakeup - Wikipedia

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    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] If ten threads are waiting, only one will win and the other nine will experience spurious wakeup.

  3. Wake-on-LAN - Wikipedia

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    Wake-on-LAN (WoL or WOL) 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. It is based upon AMD 's Magic Packet Technology , which was co-developed by AMD and Hewlett-Packard, following its proposal as a standard in 1995.

  4. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    Wake-on-LAN (WoL or WOL) 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. It is based upon AMD 's Magic Packet Technology , which was co-developed by AMD and Hewlett-Packard, following its proposal as a standard in 1995.

  5. Waking at the same time each night reveals details ... - AOL

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    After all, waking up in the middle of your sleep, and then struggling to fall back asleep makes you tired and cranky the next day. ... Early stages of sleep sees our endocrine rebalance itself, so ...

  6. Real-time clock alarm - Wikipedia

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    A real time clock alarm is a feature that can be used to allow a computer to 'wake up' after shut down to execute tasks every day or on a certain day. It can sometimes be found in the 'Power Management' section of a motherboard's BIOS/UEFI setup. Wake On LAN, Wake on ring, and IPMI functions could also be used to start a computer after it is ...

  7. “The Brain Eats Itself From Lack Of Sleep”: 50 Interesting ...

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    Isaac Newton, one of the most intelligent men in history, discovered gravity, proposed laws of motion, invented telescope and developed calculus mainly because he was driven by curiosity. His ...

  8. Sleep (system call) - Wikipedia

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    On Windows, the Sleep() function takes a single parameter of the number of milliseconds to sleep. The Sleep() function is included in kernel32.dll. [1]The Sleep() function has a resolution no higher than the current timer resolution, typically 16ms but at minimum 1ms, adjustable via the timeBeginPeriod() family of "media timer" APIs.

  9. 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. When the computer is turned on the RAM is restored and ...