NationMaster - Encyclopedia: BSoD

Black screen of death — a failure mode of Windows 3.x and a system or application error screen in OS/2
Blue screen of death — a system error screen in all versions of Microsoft Windows

The original abbreviation referred to the Windows 3.x failure mode, but over time the system error screens came to be referred to as "screens of death" too. The Jargon File suggests that the term was originally an allusion to the "floating head of death" in a popular Far Side cartoon. The black screen of death (BSoD), is either of two things: a failure mode of Microsoft Windows 3. ... The Windows 3. ... OS/2 is an operating system created by Microsoft and IBM and later developed by IBM exclusively. ... A Bluescreened Public Internet Payphone The blue screen of death (BSoD) is the screen displayed by Microsofts Windows operating system when it cannot (or is in danger of being unable to) recover from a system error. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments and operating systems for personal computers and servers. ... The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. ... Wiener Dog Art, one of many Far Side collections published in the United States. ...

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