blue screens
Fatal Windows errors
Blue screens refers to the dreaded error display on Windows computers—a screen filled with white text on blue background indicating a system crash.
The full term is "blue screen of death" (BSOD).
As a verb, blue-screening means experiencing such a crash: My computer blue-screened right before I saved.
The plural often describes repeated crashes: I've had three blue screens this week.
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- crashSudden violent impact
- system failureComplete breakdown of operations
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