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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

stand by

Rather than switch off a computer completely, it can be put in stand by mode, when it uses much less power, but starts again more quickly than if it was switched off completely.

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boot uprebootresetrestartshutdownscreen saver
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General › start up and shut down
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