"blue screen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blue screens [plural]
Etymology: A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|screen}} blue + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue screen (plural blue screens)
  1. (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 different image or scene. Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-blue_screen-en-noun-mZho~sKr Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (film) The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue. Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-blue_screen-en-noun-6fR4aJ7C Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  3. (computing) Ellipsis of blue screen of death. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: blue screen of death Categories (topical): Computing, Microsoft Synonyms: bluescreen Synonyms (error screen): blue screen of death, BSOD Translations (blue screen of death): siniruutu (Finnish), écran bleu [masculine] (French), си́ний экра́н (sínij ekrán) [masculine] (Russian), mavi ekran (Turkish), си́ній екра́н (sýnij ekrán) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-blue_screen-en-noun-sTba5-mu Disambiguation of Microsoft: 11 18 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 10 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 68 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'error screen': 0 40 60 Disambiguation of 'blue screen of death': 6 5 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (film technique): chromakey, chroma-key, chroma key, greenscreen, green screen
Disambiguation of 'film technique': 46 45 8

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