Usually means: Computer command causing system failure.
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General (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Halt and Catch Fire: Dictionary.com
  2. Halt and Catch Fire (TV series), Halt and Catch Fire (computing), Halt and Catch Fire, Halt and catch fire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Halt and Catch Fire: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Halt and Catch Fire (HCF), Halt and Catch Fire, Halt and Catch Fire: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Halt and Catch Fire)

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


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