bluescreen

See also: blue screen

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ screen; derived from "blue screen of death".

Verb

bluescreen (third-person singular simple present bluescreens, present participle bluescreening, simple past and past participle bluescreened)

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

   His computer bluescreened because of the prerelease software.

2. (informal, by analogy) To emotionally shut down, such as in response to a traumatic personal crisis.

Noun

bluescreen (plural bluescreens)

1. Alternative form of blue screen.