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).

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Meanings

nounhybrid sleep (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMicrosoft WindowscomputingA 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).
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