Editing Triple fault (section)

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On the [[x86]] [[computer architecture]], a '''triple fault''' is a special kind of [[Exception handling|exception]] generated by the [[Central processing unit|CPU]] when an exception occurs while the CPU is trying to invoke the [[double fault]] exception handler, which itself handles exceptions occurring while trying to invoke a regular exception handler.

[[x86]] processors beginning with the [[Intel 80286|80286]] will cause a shutdown cycle to occur when a triple fault is encountered. This typically causes the [[motherboard]] hardware to initiate a CPU reset, which, in turn, causes the whole computer to reboot.<ref name="Collins_2000_Triple"/><ref name="Collins_2000_Reset"/>