blue screen of death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.

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blue screen of death blue screens of death

First use appears c. 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. See cite below.

blue screen BSOD stop error

black screen of death click of death red ring of death yellow light of death fail whale fatal system error kernel panic

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