A computer program (process, task, or thread) may sleep, which places it into an inactive state for a period of time. Eventually the expiration of an interval timer, or the receipt of a signal or interrupt causes the program to resume execution.
A typical sleep system call takes a time value as a parameter, specifying the minimum amount of time that the process is to sleep before resuming execution. The parameter typically specifies seconds, although some operating systems provide finer resolution, such as milliseconds or microseconds.
On Windows, the Sleep()
function takes a single parameter of the number of milliseconds to sleep.
The Sleep()
function is included in kernel32.dll, but no sleep command (executable) is natively available for scripts (batch files). It can be found in collections of Windows utilities like Windows 2003 Resource Kit.
On Unix-like operating systems, the sleep()
function is called providing a single parameter of type unsigned integer of the number of seconds to sleep.
(For more precise sleep times one can use the usleep()
function.)
Conjure One is the self-titled debut album by Canadian electronic music project Conjure One, headed by Rhys Fulber. The album was released in September 2002 (see 2002 in music).
All tracks written by Rhys Fulber, except where noted.
Human sleep and animal sleep (non-human) are a form of rest.
Sleep or Sleeping can also refer to:
The following is a list of main characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a team of mutant red-eared sliders named after four Renaissance artists and living in the sewers of New York City, where they train by day and fight crime by night as ninjas.
Leonardo is the tactical, courageous leader of the Ninja Turtles and a devoted student of Ninjutsu, usually wearing a blue mask and wielding two katanas.
Michelangelo is the most comical of the Ninja Turtles, usually wearing an orange mask and wielding a pair of nunchucks.
Donatello is the scientist, inventor, engineer and technological genius of the Ninja Turtles, usually wearing a purple mask and wielding a bo-staff.
Raphael is the bad boy of the Ninja Turtles, wearing a red mask and wielding a pair of sais.
Splinter is the mutant rat sensei and adoptive father of the Ninja Turtles, trained in Ninjutsu by his owner and master, Hamato Yoshi, in Japan.
John S. Carter, Jr. (June 14, 1945 – May 10, 2011), better known as simply Carter, was an American music producer, writer, arranger, instrumentalist, and A&R man.
Carter was born the son of an oil wildcatter in East St. Louis, Illinois. His music career began in 1967 when he co-wrote "That Acapulco Gold" (a #70 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart) with Tim Gilbert of The Rainy Daze. Also with Gilbert, he co-wrote the lyrics to "Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock. He first worked for Atlantic Records and was recruited to the A&R department of Capitol Records. There he worked with Bob Seger (fostering his hit album Night Moves) and the Steve Miller Band during the periods of their commercial breakthroughs. He also signed Sammy Hagar, Bob Welch and The Motels to Capitol, and co-wrote and produced some of their early output.
Carter is credited with relaunching the career of Tina Turner in the 1980s. In 1983, despite opposition from within Capitol, he signed her and A&Red her first Capitol album, Private Dancer, and produced the title song. The album went on to sell more than 20 million copies and made Turner a global superstar.
If I could turn bak the hands of time
I'd come running to you.
To tell you what love can bring
To counter everything they told you.
If I managed to understand you
I'd come running to you,
To tell you what life can bring
To counter everything they stole from you.
I'll lead myself out of my fears
To keep you out of your sleep
I'll lead myself out of my fears