Mechanical Off
All components are powered off except for the RTC
Soft Power-Off / Sleep
Only components on are:
- Keyboard
- LAN
- USB in order to wake the system from input or Wake-on-LAN
Suspend / Hibernate
Same as sleep, but RAM is temporarily stored on the disk and wakeup takes longer as a result of the RAM rewriting process.
Soft Reboot
Term for PCs. Can be triggered inside the operating system or with a dedicated button. Does not power the entire system off. Caused by windows Fast Startup, which skips the BIOS Menu
Soft Reset
Term for mobile devices. Can be triggered inside the operating system or with a dedicated button or by power cycling the device. If the device wont shut down, then remove the battery.
Hard Reboot
Term for PCs. Holding the Soft Power Button down for 10s, and then turning the device on again. Cuts off all power to the system for a brief while. Not recommended
Hard Reset (Factory Reset)
Reinstalling the OS and removing all user data.