"sleep mode" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sleep modes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} sleep mode (usually uncountable, plural sleep modes)
  1. (computing) 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 a key press which restores the system to its active state from the random access memory. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: standby, suspend to memory, suspend to RAM Translations (state of a computer system): وَضْع السُّكُون (waḍʕ as-sukūn) [masculine] (Arabic), 睡眠模式 (shuìmián móshì) (Chinese Mandarin), valmiustila (Finnish), lepotila (Finnish), mise en veille [feminine] (French), ძილის რეჟიმი (ʒilis režimi) (Georgian), Bereitschaftszustand [masculine] (German), modalità di sospensione [feminine] (Italian), 절전 모드 (jeoljeon modeu) (Korean), dvalemodus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dvalemodus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), modo de espera [masculine] (Portuguese), modul de repaus [neuter] (Romanian), дежу́рный режи́м (dežúrnyj režím) [masculine] (Russian), режи́м ожида́ния (režím ožidánija) [masculine] (Russian), modo de suspensión [masculine] (Spanish), viloläge [neuter] (Swedish), uyku modu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sleep_mode-en-noun-T0iZfSRQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
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      "word": "modo de espera"
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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
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      "word": "modul de repaus"
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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
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      "word": "modo de suspensión"
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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "viloläge"
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      "sense": "state of a computer system",
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