From common PC users to the Beijing Olympic extravaganza, the Blue Screen of Death, the dreaded error screen caused by a critical system error, can strike anyone, anywhere. Even Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates encountered the blue screen during a demonstration of Windows 98.

Also known as stop error, Blue Screen of Doom and BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) is generated by the operating system, most notably Microsoft Windows, when it has suddenly terminated with an error. It leaves the system locked up with a diagnostic information display image of white text on a blue background.