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Everything about Shutdown (computing)
Remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way
To shut down, shut off or power off a computer is to remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as CPUs, RAM modules and hard disk drives are powered down, although some internal components, such as an internal clock, may retain power. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Shutdown (computing)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Running LinuxThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Reducing the energy consumption of large-scale computing systems through combined shutdown policies with multiple constraintsCited 24 times
- Go sideways: Power keyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: RebootA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Reducing the energy consumption of large-scale computing systems through combined shutdown policies with multiple constraints
Don't hurry be green: scheduling servers shutdown in grid computing with deep reinforcement learning
Overhead-aware Load Distribution and System Shutdown for Energy-Efficient Computing
Evolution of the ATLAS distributed computing system during the LHC long shutdown
Don't hurry be green: scheduling servers shutdown in grid computing with deep reinforcement learning
📚 Books worth reading
Running LinuxMatt Welsh, Lar Kaufman · 1995
Clean CodeRobert C. Martin · 2008
Troubleshooting Maintaining Your Pc Allinone For DummiesDan Gookin · 2009
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
Microsoft Windows 7 UnleashedPaul McFedries · 2009
Grundkurs JAVADietmar Abts · 2004
The UNIX operating systemChristian, Kaare, Kaare Christian · 1983
Windows XP hacksPreston Gralla · 2003
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