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The process by which some operating systems will attempt to conserve energy.

May include spinning down disks or fans during idle time. May also effect monitors and entire systems.

Power management system usually implement selectable policies such as conservative or performance.

Primarily relevant to laptops where battery life is an issue though may also refer to turning off monitors to avoid screen burn-in.

See also hibernate and sleep.

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Boot Linux with Linux?

I've found here [last page] an interesting way to boot Linux by Linux. Unfortunately it is only mentioned and i can't find any useful links on the net. So has anyone heard about a method to avoid the bootloaders and instead use linux ? Greets
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In Android, will the background tasks/processes consume power significantly?

In Android, if you open an App, but only once, it may be kept in memory for a long time if the memory doesn't suffer any shortage. Will these background tasks/processes consume power continuously? Will it be significantly?
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How to measure ARM power consumption?

I'm trying to measure instaneous power comsumption by processor on ARM-Cortex-A9/Ubuntu 12.04 platform. Does anyone know how to do this?
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How to compare battery level before and after an activity?

do you have link/tutorial for compare the battery level before and after an activity/computation process?
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Android battery consuption

3rd party is running battery test on my android app. They say that "Exceeds idle mode current when there is no services running with no data connectivity" for the test test : Idle screen power after quiting the application Current consumed (mA)…
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Where is info about scheduling sleep/awake device for iOS 6.0 and above?

I can get this info from the file /private/var/preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist for 3.x - 5.x firmwares, according hint from http://code.google.com/p/iphone-insomnia/ Where can i find this info for ios 6.0 ?
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How to continue java execution when PC is locked?

Java program halts execution when my computer is locked under my login. Locked does not mean locked up, like a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). How to continue execution when PC is locked?
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How to determine whether battery is low intially?

I registered to receive ACTION_BATTERY_LOW and ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY in an activity and change some behavior according to this. But I want to know the initial state, when the activity starts. Currently I do it with the following code: Intent intent =…
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