# single-event upset

> change of state caused by one single ionizing particle (ion, electron, photon...) striking a sensitive node in a micro-electronic device, such as in a microprocessor, semiconductor memory, or power transistor

**Wikidata**: [Q1476733](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1476733)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-event_upset)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/single-event-upset


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)