JSON Baumgartner@jasonbaumgartneIn computer engineering, Halt and Catch Fire, known by the assembly mnemonic HCF, is an idiom referring to a computer machine code instruction that causes the computer's central processing unit (CPU) to cease meaningful operation.en.wikipedia.orgHalt and Catch Fire (computing) - Wikipedia6:43 AM · Feb 5, 2021·Twitter Web App1 Like