It's called Cloudflare because it's similar to a solar flare in radio communications when it malfunctions.
昨天晚上 Cloudflare 服务器故障，大量网站瘫痪。无线电时代，太阳耀斑一爆发（solar flare），电报业务就大规模中断。到了 21 世纪，云服务一故障，互联网业务就大规模中断。为了致敬无线电时代，Cloudflare 的 CEO 就用“云爆发”（Cloudflare）命名了这种网络中断现象。
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