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sunspots: n.

1. Notional cause of an odd error. “Why did the program suddenly turn the screen blue?” “Sunspots, I guess.

2. Also the cause of bit rot — from the myth that sunspots will increase cosmic rays, which can flip single bits in memory. See also phase of the moon.



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