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Cyrix coma bug
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<p>The Cyrix coma bug is a <a href="/facts/Design_flaw/1AxySAqA">design flaw</a> in <a href="/facts/Cyrix/zPI6NhTm">Cyrix</a> <a href="/facts/6x86/q43nNY14">6x86</a> (introduced in 1996), <a href="/facts/6x86L/q43nNY14">6x86L</a>, and early <a href="/facts/6x86MX/q43nNY14">6x86MX</a> <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">processors</a> that allows a <a href="/facts/Privilege_(computing)/7eS1wna4">non-privileged</a> program to <a href="/facts/Hang_(computing)/4Tx1l7xs">hang</a> the computer. </p>