What does sleep mode on versus off mean

I agree the way this has now been changed from the 'put to sleep' and ignore is very confusing and I was likewise interpreting it the other way.

AVG: you need to change this back to how it was,

Hello Jordan, 
You've reached the AVG community support forum.
We understand that you want to know about Sleep Mode in AVG TuneUp.
We will certainly look into this and help you.
The Sleep Mode screen shows applications that are running unnecessarily in the background and slowing down your PC.

To put an application to sleep, click the green (ON) slider next to an application, so that it changes to gray (OFF).The selected applications are now sleeping.

You can open and use sleeping applications as normal. After you close the application, AVG TuneUp automatically returns its status to sleeping.

To turn on a sleeping application, click the gray (OFF) slider next to an application, so that it changes to green (ON).
Refer the following article to know more about AVG TuneUp: | AVG (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlName=Use-AVG-TuneUp&supportType=home)
Thank you for your understanding.

I find the description of the on vs off function in AVG Tune up quite confusing.  Does "on" When the switch beside a startup process it set to ON does that mean the process has been put in sleep - i.e. sleep mode is on - or does it mean the process is on - i.e. the process will remain on and load at startup.

Appreciate some clarity.  Thanks.

Hello Jordan, 
You've reached the AVG community support forum.
We understand that you want to know about Sleep Mode in AVG TuneUp.
We will certainly look into this and help you.
The Sleep Mode screen shows applications that are running unnecessarily in the background and slowing down your PC.

To put an application to sleep, click the green (ON) slider next to an application, so that it changes to gray (OFF).The selected applications are now sleeping.

You can open and use sleeping applications as normal. After you close the application, AVG TuneUp automatically returns its status to sleeping.

To turn on a sleeping application, click the gray (OFF) slider next to an application, so that it changes to green (ON).
Refer the following article to know more about AVG TuneUp: | AVG (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlName=Use-AVG-TuneUp&supportType=home)
Thank you for your understanding.

I agree the way this has now been changed from the 'put to sleep' and ignore is very confusing and I was likewise interpreting it the other way.

AVG: you need to change this back to how it was,

Hello Brian,
Thank you for contacting AVG Community.
We're glad to look into this & help you.
To proceed further, please create a separate AVG community post by clicking the link below and post your questions in your own post, so we will check with your AVG account and help you accordingly.
https://support.avg.com/support_ask
Thank you for your understanding.