blue screen of death en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
First use appears c. 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. See cite below.
Meanings
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(informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
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: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):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue screens of death | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
Relateds
black screen of death · yellow light of death · red ring of death · click of death · fail whale · kernel panic
Synonyms
BSOD · blue screen · stop error
Translations (52)
sh плави ѐкра̄н смрти (screen indicating a system error) · cmn 藍色當機畫面 /蓝色当机画面 (screen indicating a system error) · hu kék halál (screen indicating a system error) · id Layar Biru Kematian (screen indicating a system error) · ja ブルースクリーン (screen indicating a system error) · sh plavi èkrān smrti (screen indicating a system error) · nl blauw scherm des doods (screen indicating a system error) · sl modri zaslon smrti (screen indicating a system error) · sv blå skärm av döden (screen indicating a system error) · ms skrin biru mati (screen indicating a system error) · da blå skærm (screen indicating a system error) · yue 藍mon /蓝mon (screen indicating a system error) · az ölümün göy ekranı (screen indicating a system error) · ca pantalla blava de la mort (screen indicating a system error) · uk си́ній екра́н сме́рті (screen indicating a system error) · be сі́ні экра́н сме́рці (screen indicating a system error) · ko 죽음의 파란 화면 (screen indicating a system error) · th จอฟ้ามรณะ (screen indicating a system error) · da blå skærm af død (screen indicating a system error) · cmn 藍屏死機 /蓝屏死机 (screen indicating a system error) · sl modri zaslon (screen indicating a system error) · ru си́ний экра́н сме́рти (screen indicating a system error) · fi sininen kuolemanruutu (screen indicating a system error) · pt ecrã azul da morte (screen indicating a system error) · it schermo blu della morte (screen indicating a system error) · tr mavi ekran (screen indicating a system error) · ja 青窓 (screen indicating a system error) · ar شَاشَة الْمَوْت الزَّرْقَاء (screen indicating a system error) · he המוות הכחול (screen indicating a system error) · es pantalla azul de la muerte (screen indicating a system error) · de Bluescreen (screen indicating a system error) · mk син екра́н на смртта (screen indicating a system error) · ja 死の青スクリーン (screen indicating a system error) · ru голубо́й экра́н сме́рти (screen indicating a system error) · pt tela azul da morte (screen indicating a system error) · fa-ira صَفْحِهٔ آبیِ مَرْگ (screen indicating a system error) · pl niebieski ekran śmierci (screen indicating a system error) · vi màn hình xanh chết chóc (screen indicating a system error) · cmn 藍屏 /蓝屏 (screen indicating a system error) · fr écran bleu de la mort (screen indicating a system error) · de Blauschirm (screen indicating a system error) · et sinine surmaekraan (screen indicating a system error) · sv blåskärm (screen indicating a system error) · sk modrá obrazovka smrti (screen indicating a system error) · ja 青画面 (screen indicating a system error) · el μπλε οθόνη του θανάτου (screen indicating a system error) · nb blåskjerm (screen indicating a system error) · bg син екра́н на смъртта́ (screen indicating a system error) · ro ecranul albastru al morții (screen indicating a system error) · tl Bughaw na Tabing ng Kamatayan (screen indicating a system error) · ko 블루스크린 (screen indicating a system error) · cs modrá obrazovka smrti (screen indicating a system error)