"screen of death" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: screens of death [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|screens of death}} screen of death (plural screens of death)
  1. (computing, informal) A screen or a message indicating an unrecoverable error or failure. Tags: informal Derived forms: black screen of death, blue screen of death, white screen of death Related terms: hug of death, red ring of death Translations (screen indicating an unrecoverable error): 死のスクリーン (shi no sukurīn) (Japanese), 죽음의 화면 (jugeum-ui hwamyeon) (Korean), ekran śmierci [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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