blue screen of death

blue screen of death

slang A humorous term for the blue screen that is sometimes displayed after a crash on a computer with a Windows operating system. So you've got a blue screen of death, huh? Have you tried restarting your computer?
See also: blue, death, of, screen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blue screen of death

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.
See also: blue, death, of, screen
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • BSOD
  • out of a clear (blue) sky
  • out of the blue
  • Big Blue
  • curse a blue streak
  • have a blue fit
  • cuss
  • cuss a blue streak
  • cussed
  • blue boys
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If you check the writing on the blue screen of death and notice  "iqrl_not_less_or_equal" is written in there somewhere, you are likely running into the same problem as these other users.
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Tuesday's security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), users have reported on the company's support forum.<p>Complaints began early yesterday, and gained momentum throughout the day.<p>"I updated 11 Windows XP updates today and restarted my PC like it asked me to," said a user identified as "tansenroy" who kicked off a growing support thread.
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Performances of his work such as Out of the Box and Blue Screen of Death, include computers, screens and interactive lighting.
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The consequences of this corrupt update vary from the 'blue screen of death' or the machine continually rebooting itself every 60 seconds.
As 10.0 runs on the latest Linux kernel, 2.6, it's lightning quick and very stable (bye-bye, Blue Screen of Death!).
They could have mistakes in them, the odd spelling error, an occasional missing line-feed, but nothing remotely likely to leave you staring at the Blue Screen of Death.
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