Hibernate
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To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in atorpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in thisuncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey.
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A severe case of marination. To sit idle for hours upon hours in a chill or relaxed state.
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when a huge bear like human sleeps for 19 consecutive hours
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A computer feature that many people do not use, which allows the computer to to shut down while playing music, games videos, browsing, and running antivirus scans all at the same time. When the computer turns on again, all tasks resume at where they were as if nothing happened.
Despite how awesome that is, most people still close down all their programs and shut down, only to have to start them up again when rebooting.
The idea behind it is simple. Take pretty much everything on the RAM and copy it to C:\hiberfil.sys, which is read again when the system resumes. -
A) antiquated definition: what animals do in order to survive winter
modern definition: to hook up with a winter fuckbuddy on Craigslist.
C) very offensive: what people suffering from seasonal mood disorder should do. -
A friendly word used to signify when one gets beat, most commonly in a game.
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The act of homosexual men, specifically [bear]s, staying in bed with one another for an extended period of time.
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If you are not going to use your computer for a few hours, it is a good idea to put it to sleep (also known as standby mode) to save power. If you are not going to use the computer for more than a day, it is usually best to turn it off. However, some Windows computer offer an option that combines the benefits of sleep mode and powering down the computer, called Hibernate.
When you select Hibernate, the computer saves the current state of the system from the computers RAM to the hard disk, then shuts down. When the computer is restarted, instead of going through the typical boot sequence, the previously saved state is automatically loaded into the RAM. The open windows and running programs from your previous session appear just as they were when the computer entered Hibernate mode. Basically, Hibernate mode acts like Standby mode, except the computer can be completely turned off. This is especially helpful for laptop computers, which will slowly lose their battery charge if they are left in sleep mode.
To make your computer hibernate, select Turn Off Computer from the bottom of the Windows Start Menu. Then press and hold the Shift key when the dialog box appears. The Standby option should change to Hibernate. If the Standby option does not change, you may need to enable Hibernate mode in Windows. This can be done by opening the Power Options control panel, clicking the Hibernate tab, and checking the box that says, Enable hibernation. -
(of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state.
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(of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping:
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