BSOD

BSOD
 /B.S.O.D/

   Very common abbreviation for {Blue Screen of Death}. Both spoken and
   written.
    

Blue Screen of Death
BSOD

   <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)