wasted power

基本解释

Currently inside the building some"grow a clear light" of public places, not only wasted electric power, but also lowered the service life of lamp.
目前館內一些公共場所的“長明燈”，不僅浪費電能，也降低了燈具的使用壽命。
The unused computing power wasted away, with no way to push it out to other companies or users who might be willing to pay for additional compute cycles.
未使用的計算能力被浪費了，其他公司或用戶可能願意付費購買多餘的計算周期，但是無法實現。
In this article, the first step is to identify characteristic usage patterns associated with "wasted" power, then activate a power-saving mode when those patterns are detected.
在本文中，第一步是識別與 “費電” 相關的典型使用模式，然後在檢測到這些模式時激活節電模式。

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