Blue Screen of Life
BSOL
<operating system> (BSOL, by analogy with "{Blue Screen of
Death}") 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 {hard
drive}.
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)