How do computers deal with getting hit by radiation?

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Earth gets hit by cosmic rays all the time. Wouldn’t this, or other radiation affect the electrons carrying information within a computer? How do computers deal with this?

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Cosmic radiation does affect circuitry and microprocessors. There have been documented incidents that have shown this. See [Single-event upset](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-event_upset) for more information.

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