bluescreen

See also: blue screen

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ screenCategory:English compound terms#BLUESCREEN; derived from "blue screen of death".

Verb

bluescreen (third-person singular simple present bluescreens, present participle bluescreening, simple past and past participle bluescreened)Category:English lemmas#BLUESCREENCategory:English verbs#BLUESCREENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLUESCREENCategory:Pages with entries#BLUESCREENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLUESCREEN

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BLUESCREEN, computingCategory:en:Computing#BLUESCREEN) To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.
    His computer bluescreened because of the prerelease software.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLUESCREEN
  2. (informalCategory:English informal terms#BLUESCREEN, by analogy) To emotionally shut down, such as in response to a traumatic personal crisis.

Noun

bluescreen (plural bluescreens)Category:English lemmas#BLUESCREENCategory:English nouns#BLUESCREENCategory:English countable nouns#BLUESCREENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLUESCREENCategory:Pages with entries#BLUESCREENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLUESCREEN

  1. Alternative form of blue screen.
Category:English compound terms Category:English countable nouns Category:English informal terms Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English verbs Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:en:Computing