When you restart a PC, does it completely “shut down”? If it does, what tells it to power up again? If it doesn’t, why does it behave like it has been shut down?

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When you restart a PC, does it completely “shut down”? If it does, what tells it to power up again? If it doesn’t, why does it behave like it has been shut down?

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On Windows 10 you have to hold shift when you click shut down to do a full shutdown. Otherwise it “turns off” but caches everything so it can boot up faster the next time.

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