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  2. 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 ...

  3. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    Sleep mode has gone by various names, including Stand By, Suspend and Suspend to RAM. Machine state is held in RAM and, when placed in sleep mode, the computer cuts power to unneeded subsystems and places the RAM into a minimum power state, just sufficient to retain its data. Because of the large power saving, most laptops automatically enter ...

  4. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Turns off the computer. -r: 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 ...

  5. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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    Restart the computer • If you haven't recently restarted your computer or you don't restart your computer very often, we recommend that you restart the computer. This helps clear the internal memory (RAM), which often resolves many issues.

  6. pmset - Wikipedia

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    powerbutton put the machine to sleep when the power button pressed instead of shutting it down, 1 to enable or 0 to disable; powernap lets machine stay up to date even while they're sleeping, 1 to enable or 0 to disable; lidwake (laptop only) wake the machine when the laptop lid is opened, 1 to enable or 0 to disable

  7. Settings A-Z - AOL Help

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    Get answers to your AOL Mail, login, Desktop Gold, AOL app, password and subscription questions. Find the support options to contact customer care by email, chat, or phone number.

  8. ACPI - Wikipedia

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    The computer is running and the CPU executes instructions. "Away mode" is a subset of S0, where monitor is off but background tasks are running. G1 Sleeping S0ix Modern Standby, [34] or "Low Power S0 Idle". Partial processor SoC sleep. [35] [36] Sub states include S0i1, S0i2 and S0i3. Known to ARM and x86 devices. S1

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