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by eviks 924 days ago
Indeed, and even in 2008 when this article was written Wikipedia had this explanation

> IEC 5009, the standby symbol (line partially within a broken circle), indicates a sleep mode or low power state. The switch does not fully disconnect the device from its power supply.

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