ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bluescreen

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Bluescreen is a verb meaning (intransitive, computing) To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.

Meaning

(intransitive, computing) To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.

More Meanings

  1. (informal, by analogy) To emotionally shut down, such as in response to a traumatic personal crisis.
  2. Alternative form of blue screen.

Example Sentences

His computer bluescreened because of the prerelease software.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crash, lock up, freeze up, break, escape, break down.

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