when restarting a computer, how does it know to turn back on once it’s turned off?

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If restarting will fully turn your computer off then on again, what is directing it to turn back on? are there just some parts that stay functioning?

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It never fully shuts down, IE completely powers off and drains the capacitors on the motherboard and in the power supply. So the system is still on technically. It’s just the operating system and temporary memory that gets reset. Those two are awoke by the BIOS, which sustains itself with a small button battery on the motherboard.

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