STANDBY

'Standby' may refer to:

★ Standby (telecommunications), term in telecommunications

★ Standby (air travel), a list in which passengers may request to be placed on to request an earlier or more convenient flight.

★ Standby (theater), an actor or performer who will appear in a particular role if the regular performer is not present – similar to an understudy. However, unlike understudies, standbys will only perform when they are needed to cover a role, and do not regularly appear in a show.

★ Standby (band), a hard rock band from Sweden.

★ Standby (electricity) or standby mode - a mode in which electronic appliances are turned off but under power and ready to activate on command

★ Standby (computers), a mode an ACPI-compliant computer can be in. It is more formally called ACPI S3.

★ Standby, the term NASA uses in air-to-ground radio communications for expressing "please wait"