Noun
(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.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOther effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after. Gil Gerard
Internet users, that blue screen of death you were looking at this morning? That's the sky. If you're still confused, look it up on Wikipedia tomorrow. Stephen Colbert
Acting on a blue screen is awful. Steve Burns
Computers are scary. Theyre nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this. He knew that computers were bulky and hernia-inducing and Darth Vader black. He understood the value of declarative design. Wesley Morris