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  2. 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.

  3. Hibernation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Hibernation is a means of avoiding the burden of saving unsaved data before shutting down and restoring all running programs and re-opening documents and browser tabs. Both hibernation and sleep preserve memory fragmentation and atrophy that lead to mobile devices working poorer the longer they run without a full reboot.

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

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    Here’s some outdated info we’ve likely all heard before: Many of us were told decades ago that while a shut-down computer uses almost no power, in the long run it uses more because turning it ...

  5. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Shutdown options have been moved from a separate dialog box to the start menu, in Windows Vista and later versions of Microsoft Windows. The above is from Windows 7.. In Microsoft Windows and ReactOS, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the Shutdown item from the Start menu on the desktop.

  6. Crash (computing) - Wikipedia

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    One way to track down the source of the problem for games is to run them in windowed-mode. Windows Vista has a feature that can help track down the cause of a CTD problem when it occurs on any program. [clarification needed] Windows XP included a similar feature as well. [clarification needed]

  7. Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Calif. lawmakers for $25M to fund ...

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    California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones said the special session was “unnecessary” and he reminded lawmakers that they were “not elected to do Lame Duck Governor Newsom’s bidding.”

  8. Big Ten fines Michigan and Ohio State $100,000 for postgame ...

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    The fight appeared over after round one, but it reignited after Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer grabbed the Michigan flag. That started a sequel and it took more time for players to be separated.

  9. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    This is not a crash screen, however; upon crashing, Windows 1.0 would simply lock up or exit to DOS. This behavior is also present in Windows 2.0 and Windows 2.1. Windows 3.0 uses a text-mode screen for displaying important system messages, usually from digital device drivers in 386 Enhanced Mode or other situations where a program could not run.