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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sunspots</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sun-stools.html" title="sun-stools"/><link rel="next" href="super-source-quench.html" title="super source quench"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sunspots</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sun-stools.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="super-source-quench.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sunspots"/><dt xmlns="" id="sunspots"><b>sunspots</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Notional cause of an odd error. “<span class="quote">Why did the program
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suddenly turn the screen blue?</span>” “<span class="quote">Sunspots, I guess.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Also the cause of <a href="../B/bit-rot.html"><i class="glossterm">bit rot</i></a> — from the
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myth that sunspots will increase <a href="../C/cosmic-rays.html"><i class="glossterm">cosmic rays</i></a>, which
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can flip single bits in memory. See also
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