Early 2011 Macbook Pro screen turns off/on

I was listening to music and doing some homework when the screen turned off and then turned back on. The computer wasn't hot at all when it happened. The music also stopped when it happened. After a few seconds it turned back on and everything went back to normal, I had sound and everything. I'm not exactly sure what happened, battery was at 87% so I'm sure it wasn't that. This is the first instance of it happening. If anyone has any advice or knows anything I could do to ensure it doesn't continue or get worse it'd be very much appreciated.

I thought it might have been an update that triggered it, but I guess not.  It could be your hardware, but I would try to dianose software reasons first.... such as something else you were running that triggered a resolution change.  Whats involved in "doing your homework"?

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  • Early 2011 Macbook Pro GPU

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    0xffffff812ae23aa0 : 0xffffff7fa22c5190
    0xffffff812ae23ac0 : 0xffffff7fa22c50dd
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