Abstract: The present invention provides a method for shutting down a computing device on which multiple software components are running. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for prioritising the shutdown of the software components according to whether the device will experience significant problems when restarting if the components are not provisioned sufficient resources to complete specific shutdown operations.

Abstract: A method of reducing the size of a set of computer code intended for use in a computing device, the set of code being intended for loading into memory automatically when the computing device is powered up, and comprising functions for performing computing tasks, the method comprising: specifying a particular use of the computing device; identifying those functions in the set of computer code that will be required in order to implement the said use of the computing device; and removing the identified functions from the set of code and placing them in a separate computer code library.