blue screen of death

blue screen of death definition and BSOD phr. & comp. abb. the blue computer screen that appears in early versions of Windows when Windows discovers a programming or operational error. : Every time I run that program I get the BSOD. , No matter what program causes the blue screen of death, Bill Gates gets the blame.

Blue Screen of Death definition

humour
(BSOD) The infamous white-on-blue text screen which appears when Microsoft Windows crashes. BSOD is mostly seen on the 16-bit systems such as Windows 3.1, but also on Windows 95 and apparently even under Windows NT 4. It is most likely to be caused by a GPF, although Windows 95 can do it if you've removed a required CD-ROM from the drive. It is often impossible to recover cleanly from a BSOD.
The acronym BSOD is sometimes used as a verb, e.g. "Windoze just keeps BSODing on me today".
(1998-09-08)