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human
ELI5: Why does restarting a computer often fix any problems with the computer?

A lot of the time restarting a computer will fix any issue with it.
Why?
gpt
In really oversimplified terms, most of the ways software can crash come from conflicting operations; in other words, the computer trying to perform two or more different tasks at once that interrupt or contradict each other.

Rebooting the computer essentially lets it give its head a shake and start over from scratch, since reloading the operating system during a reboot will clear out any conflicting instructions and begin again from a stable configuration.