| CPC G06F 3/0625 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
initiating a sequence in response to a signal indicative of performance of a shutdown operation, wherein the sequence includes execution of instructions corresponding to a plurality of routines;
writing data comprising respective shutdown signatures associated with execution of the plurality of routines to a media upon completion of each of one or more of the plurality of routines, wherein the media is bit-addressable or byte-addressable;
upon a failed completion of one of the plurality of routines, abstaining from writing data comprising a respective shutdown signature associated with the execution of the plurality of routines to the media, and performing a locking operation.
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