Sentence examples for computer shut down from inspiring English sources

The rocket's computer shut down the malfunctioning engines, and the other eight were able to compensate.

Pieces of debris fell away, and the onboard computer shut down the bad engine.

"The question is, do you treasure light or do you want your computer shut down?" Mr. Meek asked.

On my return from the phone field, the lights went out and my computer shut down, losing me the (admittedly tiny) amount of work I had managed to get done that day.

The conventional wisdom had been that the random access memory used in computers was erased instantly when the computer shut down — but in fact, it persists for several seconds (and, by freezing the memory chip, can be made to last hours).

Hold it at a steady 55mph in seventh gear, let the engine's computer shut down half the cylinders so it operates as a V4, and the 'Vette will return in excess of 30mpg.

This will send a so-called "poison pill" to the computer, shutting down the hardware.

Six patients reported technical problems (Table 4), such as the tablet computer shutting down and having to start over or a slow responding tablet computer and having to touch each key more than once.

I TOOK a real day off this weekend: computers shut down, cellphone left in my work bag, land-line ringer off.

The former mayor ordered the moratorium after Sept. 11 to make sure that in the turmoil, and with computers shut down by the attack, no one was hastily tossed off the welfare rolls.

It looks like a fascinating and educational game and maybe one day you'll use it to manage the books at your primitive butchery when all the computers shut down.