Why is it called 'Blue Screen of Death?'

Why is the Windows crash screen called the 'Blue Screen of Death"when some people who don't know much about computers think that a BSoD means a blue screen that kills you when it's really just an error message?

Hello

The BSOD made his first appearance in 1987 during the beta of IBM "Operating System/2 (OS/2) developed to lattice, stir; the developer of the first OS/2 and Windows compilers. The STOP error screen hit the OS/2, when developers were porting to other tools of lattice, Inc. over the internet. The reason behind the error seems to be bugs (it means vices or defects in more technical terms) in the OS/2 software. While giving the error description of IBM (informally known as "Big Blue", then), developers of lattice, Inc., called the error like "Blue Screen of Death", combining colour with IBM and an appearance at the dead screen that comes not depart without rebooting.

Another story, it's that the BSOD error was originally a "Black Screen of Death" (as some say) instead of "Blue Screen of Death". The term BSOD was initially given its name by Ed Brown in mid-1991. Ed Brown was then an IT technician with Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Ed Brown reported that the error has hit when the company implemented (Windows 3.0 operating system) in the world of Marketing Group, and the users when you try to run "WordPerfect" would randomly get BISOD error screen. The error would display a completely black screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner. This would happen when a user tried to run a DOS application and eventually got stuck with the BSOD error. The system had no escape from the BSOD error until it is restarted.

The BSOD error is usually written in white text on a blue background.

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