On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Sarath Krishna
<sarathkrishn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was reading about PowerManager API . But, I couldn't understand the
> term wavelock.  What is a wavelock? What does it exactly do?

There is no wavelock. There is WakeLock. An acquired WakeLock keeps
the device awake (e.g., CPU powered on), until it is later released.

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