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sunspots
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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.