Quick Answer: What Is Another Term for the Operating System a Computer Uses?
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What does the hibernate mode option do on a computer?

Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops.

While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk and then turns off your computer.

Is an operating system used with special purpose computers?

Operating systems because they let you work with more than one program at the same time. A personal computer operating system related to UNIX, an operating system first developed in the 1960s for large, special-purpose computers that are frequently used by scientist and programmers.

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