The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
BSOD
/B?S?O?D/
Very common abbreviation for Blue Screen of Death. Both spoken and
written.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Blue Screen of Death
BSOD
(BSOD) The infamous white-on-blue text screen which
appears when Microsoft Windows crashes. BSOD is mostly seen
on the 16-bit systems such as Windows 3.1, but also on
Windows 95 and apparently even under Windows NT 4. It is
most likely to be caused by a GPF, although Windows 95 can
do it if you've removed a required CD-ROM from the drive.
It is often impossible to recover cleanly from a BSOD.
The acronym BSOD is sometimes used as a verb, e.g. "Windoze
just keeps BSODing on me today".
(1998-09-08)