English Explanatory Dictionary

sleep mode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external activity, particularly awaiting a keypress which restores the system to its active state from the random access memory.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleep mode.wav

Word forms

sleep mode sleep modes

Synonyms

standby suspend to memory suspend to RAM
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