Why does ‘turn it off and turn it on again’ work most of the time?
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Computers and most electronic devices end up storing temporary data throughout their normal use. Your copy/paste clipboard, your open programs, all your browser tabs, even the graphics are all temporary. The device would need to recalculate or look up that data again if you wanted to access it after restarting. When your device starts to fill up on that temporary storage, or some of that data gets corrupted, it can start to cause issues. Restarting your electronic device gives it a chance to empty out that full storage or dump the bad data. Then it starts collecting just like normal.
For servers that can’t be shut off, their operating systems and programs take /a lot/ of extra steps to avoid those issues, so it’s easier for non IT people to just restart regularly.
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