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休止状態 (kyuushijoutai) Japanese meaning: hibernation | Kotomora

休きゅう止し状じょう態たい

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Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

hibernation; sleep mode

Computing term for a power-saving state where the system saves its current state to disk and shuts down, resuming later. Often used with する to mean 'to hibernate'.

パソコンを休きゅう止し状じょう態

たい

に

する

。

I put the computer into hibernation.

休きゅう止し状じょう態たいから復ふっ帰きするのに時じ間かんがかかる。

It takes time to resume from hibernation.

Kanji

休rest, day off, retire
止stop, halt
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
態attitude, condition, figure

Related words

スリープ
スリープ (sleep) keeps power to RAM for quick resume; 休止状態 saves to disk and powers off completely, taking longer to resume but using no power.
シャットダウン
シャットダウン (shutdown) closes all programs and turns off the computer; 休止状態 saves the session and restores it on next boot.

Built from

休きゅう止し+状じょう態たい

Etymology

Compound of 休止 (kyūshi, 'suspension, pause') and 状態 (jōtai, 'state, condition'). A straightforward technical term.