blue screen
See also: bluescreen
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds.
Noun
blue screen (plural blue screens)
- (film) The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
- (film) The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blue screen of death
Synonyms
- (film technique): chromakey, chroma-key, chroma key, greenscreen, green screen
- (error screen): blue screen of death, BSOD
Translations
film technique — see chromakey
blue screen of death
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