A power management mode that conserves power by powering down the system. In
hibernate mode the current state of the system is saved to the hard drive, and
the system will power down. When a user turns the system power back on, the
saved information is read from the
hard disk, restoring the
last used settings. Hibernate mode
is similar to
sleep mode, however in sleep mode
the power cannot be shut off.
See also "Getting
Started With Green IT" in Webopedia's
Did You Know? section.