Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?

Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> 
>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>
>>> Reboot means you have a system crash which causes you to have to do a 
>>> system restart. (on PeeCee machines it ctl-alt-delete). ON OSX I've 
>>> actually forgotten how to restart. And I haven't used OS9 in so long 
>>> I've forgotten how to as well there.
>>
>>
>>
>> A reboot means that the OS is being reloaded from scratch (not to the 
>> hard drive but at least to memory). A power off/power on will 
>> effectively reboot the computer unless something like hibernation is 
>> going on.
>>
>> BTW: Ctl-Alt-Delete no longer reboots the computer - in XP it merely 
>> starts the Task Manager.
>>
>>> Now when I nstall software the installer automatically does a restart.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the OS is getting restarted then it's effectively a reboot.
>>
>>> And if use a Mantainence program such a Oynxy. It does an auto 
>>> Restart after it complete task.
>>>
>>> But day to day its once on and once off. And if a program dies, you 
>>> just click on it and restart and go on about your business (though I 
>>> don't see that often.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Same with Windows.
> 
> 
> Well maybe the terminology has changed. when I went to school. A 
> computer that was turned on for the first time during the day, the 
> computer was starting from a "Cold Boot". A "restart" was when the 
> computer was already actively runing and you pressed a key combination, 
> or from a Menu choice. The power wasn't turned off at any time (during 
> the restart.)
> 

Yeah, but that was before 'hibernate' was invented.  The OS saves a 
snapshot of ram and the hardware status.  Repowering puts the computer 
back into the same state as it was in before the hibernation.  This is 
NOT the same as a cold boot, but the differences are a bit technical.