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sleep modes

sleep modes is the plural of sleep mode.

Meaning of sleep mode

Noun

sleep mode (usually uncountable, plural sleep modes)

  1. (usually) 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.
    Synonyms:
    standby, suspend to memory, suspend to RAM

Questions about sleep modes

What is sleep modes the plural of?
Sleep modes is the plural of sleep mode.

Words near sleep modes in the dictionary

  1. sleep machine
  2. sleep machines
  3. sleep mask
  4. sleep masks
  5. sleep mode
  6. sleep modes
  7. sleep nappies
  8. sleep nappy
  9. sleep of the just
  10. sleep off
  11. sleep on

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