Black screen of death

The black screen of death is a screen displayed on many computer systems after encountering a critical system error. It gets its name from the black colored background seen during hardware or software errors.

Some versions of Microsoft Windows (and to a lesser extent, macOS) also display a black screen of death upon fatal system errors, usually caused by several factors.

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