Eli5: How does turning something off then on fix it?

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What is it about turning a device off then on again that allows it to work?

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The majority of technical problems you will come across are just the program memory (RAM) getting into a jumbled mess because of a bug. By restarting the computer, you wipe the RAM and give it a fresh chance to avoid the bug by doing something different this go around.

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