why computers need to be restarted periodically to function correctly

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I work at a major tech company and most times I go to IT, they tell us to restart our computer. Why is this a necessary process to maintain a normal operating experience?

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Think of the software as a child who has just walked into a neatly tidied playroom. As the day goes on, they would take toys and books out of their respective storages and lay them all around the room.

A disciplined child would put the stuff back once they’re done with it, a busy child may have them laying around because they’re never “done with them” and want to quickly access them whenever, and naughty child would have stuff in random places just because.

When you have multiple children with different behaviors in the same room, it will eventually become too messy for anyone to navigate around and find stuff, therefore everything starts to slow down. A reset would clear the room of the children and everything they have taken out, and revert it back to it’s clean slate for the next time.

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