DIFFERENCES IN SHUTDOWN, RESTART, SLEEP and HIBERNATION

“What are the differences in SHUTDOWN, RESTART, SLEEP and HIBERNATION?" Somebody asked me this question recently. Hun! Great!! I explained to the person who asked these questions what all those computer-terms really mean. But, I think I shouldn’t leave it there without sharing it over here . Thus, in this post, it is my wish to share what these terms mean. I don't want to waste your time, please, read on.

SHUTDOWN:

With this mode, a user can completely close all the running programs and the operating system and by extension bringing the computer activities to a STOP. You are advised to use this mode when you know that you are done with your work. Shutdown mode can be used when you close in the office in the evening and you are about to go home. 

You can also use shutdown mode when you want to sleep at night after working with the computer.

RESTART:

Simply put, restarting computer means that you are making the computer to reboot. You can initiate the restart mode when your computer is hanging, not responding or when you just install an application. Some application or a little change in computer setting requires a restart of the system to make it work properly. If nothing happens as mention here, I mean if your computer is working well and you have not just installed any application/program, it is better not to restart especially when you are using the battery for your computer and not the electricity. Why? The reason is this. When

you restart the system, more power is needed to reload all the programs and the operating system as well thereby weakening your battery power if you are not on electricity. Thus, restart only when the situation demands.

 

SLEEP:

You can decide to use this mode when you are not far away from computer. I mean when you want to eat for example. After all, it is not good to be eating and be typing as well. Isn’t it? This mode is also known as Standby or Nap mode. In Sleep mode, the computer is put into a state that consumes less energy than normal. Power is only used to maintain the system's memory with the applications and data you are working on while other parts of the computer will be shut down to save power. When you turn on your computer from Sleep mode, the system will boot quickly and the data will be retrieved from memory in a few seconds. You can quickly return to work without waiting for the system to restart from the beginning. When you are on sleep mode, the light indicator will still be on. You can try this to find out.

HIBERNATION:

You can decide to put your laptop on hibernation mode when you know you will not be working on it for long hours. Hibernate is similar to Sleep mode, but instead of saving the data in RAM, in this mode the data will be saved to a file on your hard drive. When you restart the computer from Hibernate mode, like Sleep mode, the operating system and running applications as well as your data will be removed from the hard drive and loaded into RAM so that you can continue the work. You are free to use this mode to conserve power for better battery life. When you power your system back, all your opened applications and running programs are still intact, yes very much intact!

I do hope you have now known if you don’t know before. You can put your system to any of this mode mentioned above accordingly. Shutdown when it is necessary, hibernate when you deem fit, restart when the situation demands. 

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