sleep mode

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.

Similar
standbysuspend to memorysuspend to RAM
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Meanings

nounsleep mode (usually uncountable, plural sleep modes)

plural sleep modes

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingthe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe 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.

Similar
standbysuspend to memorysuspend to RAM

Translations

Arabic وَضْع السُّكُون
  • وَضْع السُّكُون (waḍʕ as-sukūn)state of a computer system
Catalan mode d'espera
  • mode d'esperastate of a computer system
Chinese Mandarin 睡眠模式
  • 睡眠模式 (shuìmián móshì)state of a computer system
Dutch slaapstand
  • slaapstandstate of a computer system
Finnish valmiustila, lepotila
  • valmiustilastate of a computer system
  • lepotilastate of a computer system
French mise en veille
  • mise en veillestate of a computer system
German Bereitschaftszustand
  • Bereitschaftszustandstate of a computer system
Italian modalità di sospensione
  • modalità di sospensionestate of a computer system
Japanese 節電モード, スリープモード
  • 節電モード (setsuden mōdo)state of a computer system
  • スリープモード (surīpu mōdo)state of a computer system
Korean 절전 모드
  • 절전 모드 (jeoljeon modeu)state of a computer system
Norwegian Bokmål dvalemodus
  • dvalemodusstate of a computer system
Polish stan wstrzymania, uśpienie
  • stan wstrzymaniastate of a computer system
  • uśpieniestate of a computer system
Portuguese modo de espera
  • modo de esperastate of a computer system
Romanian modul de repaus
  • modul de repausstate of a computer system
Russian дежу́рный режи́м, режи́м ожида́ния
  • дежу́рный режи́м (dežúrnyj režím)state of a computer system
  • режи́м ожида́ния (režím ožidánija)state of a computer system
Spanish modo de suspensión
  • modo de suspensiónstate of a computer system
Swedish viloläge
  • vilolägestate of a computer system
Turkish uyku modu
  • uyku modustate of a computer system
Cite this entry
APA

sleep mode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep%20mode

MLA

“sleep mode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep%20mode. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleep mode,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep%20mode.

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