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  2. 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 ...

  3. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    Sleep on macOS consists of the traditional sleep, Safe Sleep, and Power Nap. In System Preferences , Safe Sleep [ 8 ] is referred to as sleep. Since Safe Sleep also allowed state to be restored in an event of a power outage , unlike other operating systems, hibernate was never offered as an option.

  4. Standby power - Wikipedia

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    That power is consumed by internal or external power supplies, remote control receivers, text or light displays, and circuits energized when the device is plugged in, even when switched off. [ 2 ] While this definition is inadequate for technical purposes, there is no formal definition; an international standards committee is developing a ...

  5. Laptop - Wikipedia

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    A laptop's battery is charged using an external power supply, which is plugged into a wall outlet. The power supply outputs a DC voltage typically in the range of 7.2—24 volts. The power supply is usually external and connected to the laptop through a DC connector cable. In most cases, it can charge the battery and power the laptop ...

  6. Leave the laptop or tablet? Cancun Airport fines travelers ...

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    Cancun Airport has strict customs laws, allowing only one portable computer per passenger. There's an uptick in these fines. Here's why.

  7. My Life As a Homeless Man in America - AOL

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    He types on an HP laptop plugged into a converter in his Toyota’s lighter with the car running. ... “Okay,” I say. “I will leave.” ... 24/7 Wall St. Actor-turned-investor Ashton Kutcher ...

  8. 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 .

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