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hybrid sleep

hybrid sleep noun: a variant of sleep mode in which current data is retained both in memory (allowing fast resumption, as if from hibernation) and on disk (to protect from data loss in the event of a power cut).

Noun

hybrid sleep (uncountable)

  1. (Microsoft Windows) A variant of sleep mode in which current data is retained both in memory (allowing fast resumption, as if from hibernation) and on disk (to protect from data loss in the event of a power cut).

Questions about hybrid sleep

What does hybrid sleep mean?
Hybrid sleep means a variant of sleep mode in which current data is retained both in memory (allowing fast resumption, as if from hibernation) and on disk (to protect from data loss in the event of a power cut).
What part of speech is hybrid sleep?
Hybrid sleep is a noun.

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