sunspots
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. [Jargon File]sun-stools
Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing environment notorious in its day for size, slowness, and misfeatures. X, however, is larger and slower; see second-system effect.Nearby terms:
Sun Microsystems, Inc. ♦ SunOS ♦ sunspots ♦ sun-stools ♦ SunView ♦ SUNY
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