blue screen
noun
plural blue screens
1
: a photographic technique in which a subject is filmed in front of a blue background so as to allow matte (see matte entry 3 sense 2) compositing of the film with other footage
also
: the blue background compare green screen
2
: blue screen of death
Many blue screens are caused by bad memory modules or corrupted disk drives.—
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The team behind Rebirth hopes to recapture the magic of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic with real filming locations, less blue screen, and a pretty simple but compelling story with fresh leads.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Director Frank Oz used animatronic puppetry to create Audrey II, eschewing blue screens or other visual effects.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
That patch lives on largely unmodified, the way chunks of ancient versions of Windows, including that blue screen of death, still occasionally poke out of today’s PCs.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Updated on October 21 with details of a new Windows 11 upgrade workaround for older PCs, and the latest on Microsoft’s new blue screen of death update warnings.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Director Frank Oz used animatronic puppetry to create Audrey II, eschewing blue screens or other visual effects.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
That patch lives on largely unmodified, the way chunks of ancient versions of Windows, including that blue screen of death, still occasionally poke out of today’s PCs.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Updated on October 21 with details of a new Windows 11 upgrade workaround for older PCs, and the latest on Microsoft’s new blue screen of death update warnings.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Blue screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20screen. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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