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Meaning of "blue screen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE SCREEN

blue screen play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE SCREEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blue screen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLUE SCREEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blue screen in the English dictionary

The definition of blue screen in the dictionary is a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE SCREEN

blue racer
blue riband
blue ribband
blue ribbon
Blue Ridge Mountains
blue rinse
blue roan
Blue Rod
blue run
blue runner
blue schist
blue shark
blue spruce
blue stain
blue Stilton
blue swimmer
blue vein
blue vitriol
blue whale
blue whiting

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE SCREEN

big screen
computer screen
display screen
flat screen
flatscreen
green
multiscreen
off-screen
on-screen
screen
silkscreen
silver screen
small screen
split screen
sunscreen
the screen
the silver screen
touch screen
video screen
widescreen
windscreen

Synonyms and antonyms of blue screen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blue screen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE SCREEN

Find out the translation of blue screen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blue screen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blue screen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓝屏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantalla azul
570 millions of speakers

English

blue screen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीले परदे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شاشة زرقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синий экран
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tela azul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল পর্দা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écran bleu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

skrin biru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blauen Bildschirm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブルースクリーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블루 스크린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layar biru
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màn hình màu xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீலத்திரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळा पडदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mavi ekran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schermata blu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niebieski ekran
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синій екран
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ecran albastru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπλε οθόνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blou skerm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blå skärm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blå skjerm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue screen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE SCREEN»

The term «blue screen» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.965 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE SCREEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blue screen

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4 QUOTES WITH «BLUE SCREEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blue screen.
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Steve Burns
Acting on a blue screen is awful.
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Gil Gerard
Other 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.
3
Garrett Hedlund
It was close to like a 67- or 70-day shoot for 'Tron' on stage, in the suit. You can't even sit down during the day because of all the cables that divide the foam rubber and all the electrical circuits. We had these stools that were tall with a bicycle seat on them and you're just looking at a blue screen all day.
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Wesley Morris
Computers are scary. They're 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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE SCREEN»

Discover the use of blue screen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blue screen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blue Screen
Robert B. Parker. He picked up a phone and said something into it and put it down. In a moment a Hispanic woman came briskly into the room. Her clothes were good. Her gray/white hair was stylish. Cronjager stood when she entered. ' Elaine ...
Robert B. Parker, 2014
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Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
By the time you've finished, you'll be able to do virtually anything in Linux-without the aggravation, crashes, security risks, or high costs of running Windows! This is not a book for techies!
Marcel Gagné, 2004
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The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques
This chapter will help you decide between using a green or blue screen and will explore your options for hardware and software. Green vs. Blue Screen (Finally Defined!) The most common question I've heard asked in the video and film ...
Jeff Foster, 2010
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Reboot
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH In the beginning, there was Microsoft Windows. For some one coming from the dark ages of character based DOS, this was new age stuff. Freedom from the uni-dimensional blinking cursor. A portable thumb sized ...
Jawwad Ahmed Farid, 2009
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Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects ...
Learn how to film your fantastic visual effects with this book! This title features hundreds of full-color set photographs that show you exactly how it's done. It includes step-by-step information on green screen setup.
Mark Sawicki, 2012
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Visual Effects for Film and Television
Similarly with photographic effects, if there is some kind of filtration used throughout the shoot but which is inappropriate for a blue screen then a version of the shot should be made with this in position to define how it should look after the effect ...
A. J. Mitchell, 2004
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Essential Computer Animation fast: How to Understand the the ...
There are a number of problems with chroma-keying that I conveniently ignored, and the first concerns the use of a blue screen. It is possible that the screen contains blemishes or is lit unevenly. This means that the matte in the alpha channel ...
John Vince, 2000
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School and Behavioral Psychology: Applied Research in ...
Random-time (RT) 9-s schedules on the blue screen provided response- independent reinforcement. That is, working quickly served no advantage. The computer provided reinforcement at the end of approximately 9-s completely without ...
H.A. Chris Ninness, Glen McCuller, Lisa Ozenne, 2000
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Mapeh in Action Iv' 2008 Ed.
In these cases, the filmmaker uses the so-called blue-screen process, filming the actor in front of a screen that is either painted or lit to match a particular shade of blue. During printing the filmmakers then replace this blue background with a ...
Gonzales, Et Al
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Image Processing for Computer Graphics and Vision
... us- ing area-fill algorithms; see the references in Section 14.8. Clearly, in this case there is no possibility of generating a bitmask unless one reduces the resolution of the image by grouping pixels. Fig. 14.14. Blue screen and alpha channel.
Silvio Levy, Luiz Velho, Alejandro C. Frery, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE SCREEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blue screen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Facebook and Thai politics: Press 'Like', and hope for the best
This photo from television shows the blue screen with military crests that replaced all TV programming in Thailand immediately after last year's ... «Asian Correspondent, Jul 15»
2
No evidence IRS officials told to destroy information
She described coming into her office and seeing a “blue screen” when her hard drive failed in June 2011. She said she was surprised the ... «Mohave Valley News, Jul 15»
3
Jordan Reyne EP trilogy: one for the women
The hard part is finding acceptance or coping with the invisibility that occurs as a result of the sort of "blue screen" reaction you get when the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Report: No evidence IRS employees told to destroy info
She described coming into her office and seeing a "blue screen" when her hard drive failed in June 2011. She said she was surprised the ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
5
What happens when Facebook says you don't exist
On June 4, Dr. Drake, a science journalist, tried logging into her account, but instead of seeing the usual glowing blue screen of tiny friends' ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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Windows 10 release date, price, features and upgrades UK
Been running it for two years now and have never had one crash or blue screen or come to that nor any virus or malware problem. So don't ... «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
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Self-Driving Cars Will Compromise, Not Enhance Safety
And I won't even mention the “Blue Screen of Death.” I think the self–driving car is just another attempt by self–described elites to do something ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
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iPhone blue screen of death on T-Mobile
Some iPhone users on T-Mobile's network are suffering from the dreaded “blue screen of death.” According to posts that have been piling up on ... «NBC26.tv, Jun 15»
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Botched launch: NH firm behind Common Core's blue screen of death
The New Hampshire-based company Measured Progress, which developed online Common Core tests used in Montana, Nevada, and North ... «The Union Leader, Jun 15»
10
I hate iTunes. And I think Apple does, too
I never had a virus to speak of, never had a problem with an audio or video card, and had never been personally crippled by a blue screen of ... «Quartz, Jun 15»

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