"blue screen" meaning in English

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Noun

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 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 4 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 5 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 3 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 9 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 9 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 8 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 9 70 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'error screen': 0 40 60 Disambiguation of 'blue screen of death': 6 4 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 9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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