blue screen of death
blue screen of death noun: an error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
Noun
blue screen of death (plural blue screens of death)
- An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
- The only remaining problem is--NT still locks up the machine at exactly the same point. The only difference is that I don't get the blue screen of death--NT just freezes.1993 October 10, tay...@saturn.brooks.af.mil, “NT Patch--doesn't fix Services for Macintosh”, in comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup (Usenet)
- A Blue Screen of Death is like an encrypted message from your computer telling you there's a problem. We're going to help you make sense of the gobbledygook so you can fix whatever's ailing your PC!2007, Paul Lilly, “BSOD Crash Course”, in Maximum PC, page 40
- Synonyms:
- blue screen, BSOD, stop error
blue screen of death meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
blue screen of death in Tagalog
- screen indicating a system error
- Bughaw na Tabing ng Kamatayan
blue screen of death in Arabic
- screen indicating a system error
- شَاشَة الْمَوْت الزَّرْقَاء šāšat al-mawt az-zarqāʔ
blue screen of death in Malay
- screen indicating a system error
- skrin biru mati
blue screen of death in Indonesian
- screen indicating a system error
- Layar Biru Kematian
More languagesFewer languages
- blue screen of death in Thai
- จอฟ้ามรณะ
- blue screen of death in Vietnamese
- màn hình xanh chết chóc
Synonyms of blue screen of death
Forms of blue screen of death
| plural | blue screens of death |
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Origin of blue screen of death
First use appears c. 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. See cite below.
Questions about blue screen of death
- What does blue screen of death mean?
- Blue screen of death means an error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
- What is blue screen of death in Tagalog?
- Blue screen of death in Tagalog is Bughaw na Tabing ng Kamatayan. See Blue screen of death meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is blue screen of death?
- Blue screen of death is a noun.
- What is the plural of blue screen of death?
- The plural of blue screen of death is blue screens of death.
Words near blue screen of death in the dictionary
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