Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue screen of death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: blue screen of death
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

1

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"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!"

Etymology

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

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

blue screens of death (plural)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

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

Synonyms

blue screen BSOD stop error

Questions

What does blue screen of death mean?: An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
Where does blue screen of death come from?: First use appears c. 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. See cite below.

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