hibernation
A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
Example
“The bears are in hibernation.”
Other meanings
A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hibernation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.