halt and catch fire

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  1. 1

    In computer engineering, Halt and Catch Fire, known by the assembly language mnemonic HCF, is an idiom referring to a computer machine code instruction that causes the computer's central processing unit to cease meaningful operation, typically requiring a restart of the computer.

  2. 2

    an American period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers.

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