bluescreen

  1. Noun.  (film) The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a difference image or scene.
  2. Noun.  (film) The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
  3. Noun.  (computing) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down, to prevent damage to system hardware.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, computing) To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.

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