[common] This term is closely related to the older {Black Screen of
Death} but much more common (many non-hackers have picked it up). Due
to the extreme fragility and bugginess of Microsoft Windows,
misbehaving applications can readily crash the OS (and the OS
sometimes crashes itself spontaneously). The Blue Screen of Death,
sometimes decorated with hex error codes, is what you get when this
happens. (Commonly abbreviated {BSOD}.) The following entry from the
Salon Haiku Contest, seems to have predated popular use of the term:
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Black Screen of Death}{BSOD}{Death, X of}{Microsloth Windows}]