Why is it that when electronic devices malfunction, turning them off then on works so frequently?

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E.g computers, Wi-Fi routers, tvs, consoles. All these items malfunction every once in while and all I do is turn them off then on again to get them working again. Why?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

The simplest way I can put this.

You know when you are typing your password into a website and forget one letter/number/symbol, then you delete the whole line and start again?

It’s kind of the same reason since computers can get stuck on code or have an unrecognised output and has to wait for the correct one. Turning it off and on again lets the device start from scratch again.

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