Comparison To Sleep Mode
Many systems also support a low-power sleep mode or stand by mode in which the processing functions of the machine are powered down, using a little power to preserve the contents of RAM and support waking up; wakeup is almost instantaneous.
The advantage of sleep mode is that resuming is much quicker than for hibernation. A hibernated system must start up, then read back data to RAM on resuming, which typically takes about ten seconds or more. A system in sleep mode only needs to power up the CPU and display, which is almost instantaneous. On the other hand, a system in sleep mode still consumes some power, while a hibernated system does not require any power at all. A sleeping computer is a case of a device consuming standby power, covered by regulations in many countries limiting such power under the One Watt Initiative to one watt from 2010. Since these facilities were introduced, most systems have come to offer both sleep mode and hibernation.
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