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-An [Acronym] for __A__dvanced __C__onfiguration and __P__ower __I__nterface. The newer method
for changing devices' power status (eg on standby, hibernating, etc). The older method was
[APM] (Advanced Power Management)
.
+An [Acronym] for __A__dvanced __C__onfiguration and __P__ower __I__nterface.
+
+
The newer interface
for changing devices' power status (eg on standby, hibernating, etc); supersedes
[APM].
Some example uses:
* spinning down idle hard drives,
* telling a monitor to go into lower power mode (but different from [DPMS] for going into standby)
* making a machine go into standby or complete hibernation
-Many newer laptops use [ACPI] exclusively without support for APM. Linux kernel 2.4.x had some support for ACPI, but kernel 2.6 should have much better support.
+Many newer laptops use [ACPI] exclusively without support for [
APM]
. Linux kernel 2.4.x had some support for [
ACPI]
, but kernel 2.6 should have much better support.
+
+See also: the [ACPI specification | http://www.acpi.info/]
