(computing, informal) An error or issue occuring in Apple operating systems and other technologies that causes the computer or device to cease working and display only a white screen.

plural of white screen of death

A method of reproducing coloured artwork using a cut stencil attached to a stretched, fine-meshed silk screen

(computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.

(nautical) A circular disc of plate glass, set into the screen of a ship's bridge and spun at high speed by an electric motor in heavy rain or snow; it offers a clear view forward.

(biology) A screening technique for the rapid detection of recombinant bacteria in vector-based molecular cloning experiments. DNA of interest is ligated into a vector, which is then inserted into a host cell; these are grown in the presence of X-gal. Cells transformed with vectors containing recombinant DNA will produce white colonies; cells transformed with non-recombinant plasmids (i.e. only the vector) grow into blue colonies.

plural of platform screen door

plural of blue-white screen

plural of clear view screen