<s>
Wake-on-Ring	B-Device
(	O
WOR	O
)	O
,	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Wake-on-Modem	B-Device
(	O
WOM	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
specification	O
that	O
allows	O
supported	O
computers	O
and	O
devices	O
to	O
"	O
wake	O
up	O
"	O
or	O
turn	O
on	O
from	O
a	O
sleeping	O
,	O
hibernating	O
or	O
"	O
soft	O
off	O
"	O
state	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
ACPI	B-Device
state	O
G1	O
or	O
G2	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
begin	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
premise	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
special	O
signal	O
is	O
sent	O
over	O
phone	O
lines	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
through	O
its	O
dial-up	B-Application
modem	I-Application
,	O
telling	O
it	O
to	O
fully	O
power-on	O
and	O
begin	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
uses	O
were	O
archive	B-Application
databases	O
and	O
BBSes	B-Application
,	O
although	O
hobbyist	O
use	O
was	O
significant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
style	O
of	O
remote	O
operation	O
has	O
mostly	O
been	O
supplanted	O
by	O
Wake-on-LAN	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
is	O
newer	O
but	O
works	O
in	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
