uswsusp, abbreviated from userspace software suspend and stylized as μswsusp, is a set of userspace

command-line utilities A console application is a computer program designed to be used via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal, the command-line interface of some operating systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most gr ...

for Linux that act primarily as wrappers around the

Linux kernel The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating system kernel. It was originally authored in 1991 by Linus Torvalds for his i386-based PC, and it was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU ope ...

hibernation functionality and implement sleep mode ( utility, referred to as "suspend to RAM"),

hibernation Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It most ...

( utility, referred to as "suspend to disk"), and hybrid sleep ( utility, referred to as "suspend to both"). It supports Linux kernel versions 2.6.17 and newer. uswsusp supports image checksumming, data compression, disk encryption, and integration with Splashy and fbsplash.

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