More than 65,000 people participated in the campaign by actually shutting down their computers for 24 hours on the 24th of March, 2007.

But as a precaution, the containment operation was shut down for about five hours.

The members zipped themselves into reporters' sleeping bags and shut down for two hours.

Reddit.com shut down its social news service for 12 hours.

Businesses in the state shut down for 48 hours.

A massive intrusion of fish caused both units to shut down for approximately 25 hours on April 24-25, 2003.

The station was forced to cancel locally produced programs and to shut down for 12 hours on the weekends.

In advance, the country's main airport shut down for two hours on Sunday.

The indicator board shut down for approximately 24 hours on 1 January 2000 while its timing chip was replaced.

But the control room equipment has been shut down for ten hours.