Why is it called "Hibernate"?

[David Veeneman]

I'm feeling rather dim here--but how did Hibernate get its name? Why 'Hibernate'?

David Veeneman www.veeneman.com

[originSH]

I assume your talking about the data access stuff here? ;) It's called hibernate because it provides persistance i.e. when your computer goes to sleep/turns off, it'll remember stuff when it wakes up.