This is an important question and the names for these features have changed over
the lifetime of Windows and Windows computers. But at this point hibernation is
a mode where your computer can be turned off and everything that was in memory
on your computer is saved to the hard drive.
If you have say 8 GB's of memory in your computer it will take up 8 GB's of storage on your hard drive
to save everything that was in memory. When you turn the computer back on it
will reload the memory from that saved hibernation file, It'll take 30 seconds to
a minute to do that but when you start up the computer again it will be right where
you left off.
Sleep mode on the other
hand uses a little bit of power, Your computer is on but in a very low-power
state and the contents of your computer's memory are saved in memory so when
you start the computer back up it comes up immediately. On the other hand it
doesn't actually turn the computer off so you don't get the full power savings
of hibernation mode. You can choose which mode you want your computer to go into
when you close the lid on the laptop or press the power
button on your desktop computer.
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