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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A program freezes when something unexpected happens.

For instance, you could ask a robot to broom sweep the room. It goes to storage to grab the broom but the broom has been moved elsewhere then it just stays there waiting for the broom to show up.

When you shut it down and restarts, it goes back to the station and as long as you don’t tell it to go find the broom again, it doesn’t get stuck.

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