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  2. Unplug These Appliances That Hike Up Your Electricity Bill - AOL

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    Plug your computer, monitor, printer, computer speakers and other computer accessories into a single power strip that can be turned off when not in use. Let your computer go to sleep after a ...

  3. Standby power - Wikipedia

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    Standby power consumption can be reduced by unplugging or totally switching off, if possible, devices with a standby mode not currently in use; if several devices are used together or only when a room is occupied, they can be connected to a single power strip that is switched off when not needed. This may cause some electronic devices ...

  4. 12 Household Appliances You Should Unplug to Save Money

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    If you're like the typical American, you've probably got about 40 household appliances that you routinely leave plugged in – even when these devices aren't actively being used. But did you ...

  5. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    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. The message is usually sent to the target computer by a program executed on a device connected to the same local area network (LAN).

  6. AC adapter - Wikipedia

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    When a laptop computer is operated while recharging, the integrated circuitry which controls the charging makes use of a power supply unit's remaining electrical current capacity. This allows supplying the device's components with power during usage while maintaining an uncompromised constant charging speed.

  7. Should You Ever Work During Your Vacation? Pros and ... - AOL

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    “The advantage of staying connected on vacation is that things may be easier your first couple of days back,” said John Winner, future of work expert and CEO of Kizen. “Additionally, if you ...

  8. Power strip - Wikipedia

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    A North American power strip with two USB power ports that includes a built in surge protector. A power strip (also known as a multi-socket, power board and many other variations [a]) is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable (typically with a mains plug on the other end), allowing multiple electrical devices to be powered from a single electrical socket.

  9. USB On-The-Go - Wikipedia

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    The USB OTG and Embedded Host Supplement to the USB 2.0 specification introduced three new communication protocols: . Attach Detection Protocol (ADP): Allows an OTG device, embedded host or USB device to determine attachment status in the absence of power on the USB bus, enabling both insertion-based behavior and the capability to display attachment status.