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Originally Posted by Kolenka
In sleep, the OS is not running. It's in a sort of 'frozen' state waiting for something to wake it up. The CPU and RAM still draw a little bit of power since the CPU is waiting for the wake signal, and both the CPU and RAM need to keep the contents of memory stable.
If the OS was running during sleep, the battery would be drained in a day or two.
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It's "running" in the sense that it's waiting for an interrupt; device drivers, at least, are running. It's not "powered off" is what I meant.