orderly shutdown

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orderly shutdown [′ȯrd·ər·lē ′shət‚dau̇n]

(computer science)

The procedures for shutting off a computer system in an organized manner, normally after all work in progress has been completed, permitting restarting of the systems without loss of transactions or data.

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No references found			For many programs, such as QuickBooks, if you don't do an orderly shutdown, you can lose data. Protecting your business from disaster: preparedness plans are key in ... by Aronson, Mark L. / New Hampshire Business Review Most UPS systems are designed to keep systems up and running long enough to ride through brief outages before conducting an orderly shutdown or transferring to generator backup--usually six to l0 minutes. VoIP requires power backup; new telephone implementations may ... by Communications News Tax issues vary depending on what the plan is to migrate the business to family or an existing management group, outright sell the company to a new party or effect an orderly shutdown. All in the family: odds stacked against firms without succession plan by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business			order parameter order point order quantity order relation order statistics order tone order-disorder transition order-embedding Ordered and Partially Ordered Sets ordered array ordered field ordered list ordered octad ordered pair ordered partition ordered quadruple ordered rings ordered tetrad ordered triple orderedn-tuple Ordericus Vitalis ordering ordering upgrades Orderliness Orderly orderly shutdown orders in council orders of architecture Orders of the USSR orders, holy Orders, Monastic Ordesa Ordin-Nashchokin, Afanasii Ordin-Nashchokin, Afanasii Lavrentevich ordinal ordinal number ordinal scale measurement ordinal type ordinance Ordinance of 1787 Ordinances ordinary ordinary construction ordinary cut ordinary differential equation ordinary gear train ordinary generating function ordinary index ordinary point ordinary portland cement ordinary ray			orderlies orderlies orderlies orderliness orderliness orderliness orderliness orderly orderly orderly orderly orderly arrangement of papers Orderly book orderly books orderly combination Orderly Departure Program orderly disposition Orderly Duty Orderly Liquidation Authority Orderly Liquidation Value Orderly Market Orderly Marketing Agreement Orderly Markets orderly officer orderly officers Orderly Payment of Debts orderly room Orderly Room Management System orderly rooms orderly sergeant orderly shutdown orders orders orders orders orders orders orders Orders (architecture) orders about orders about orders about orders about orders about Orders and Medals Research Society Orders and Medals Society of America Orders and Pay Branch orders arms orders arms orders arms orders arms orders arms orders around orders around orders around orders around orders around Orders Cancelled Orders Corrected Orders Group Orders in Council

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