blue screen of death

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The blue screen of death on a public payphone.
The blue screen of death in Windows 8.

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blue screen of death (plural blue screens of death)

  1. (computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
    Synonyms: blue screen, BSOD
    • 2007, Paul Lilly, “BSOD Crash Course”, in Maximum PC, page 40:
      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!

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