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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleep mode

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
sleep- -mode
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sleep modes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hibernation

Synonyms

standby suspend to memory suspend to RAM

Questions

What does sleep mode mean?
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.

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