Blue Screen of Life

operating system (BSOL, by analogy with "Blue Screen ofDeath") The opening screen of Microsoft Windows NT.

This screen shows the file system loading, and any problems

such as conversions from FAT to NTFS or a scan of a harddrive.

The Blue Screen of Life occurs in one way, as opposed to the

Blue Screen of Death, which can occur in many different ways

and times.

[Is this term ever used in connection with Windows 3.x or

Windows 9x?]

(1999-04-18)