system> (BsOL, by analogy with "{Blue screen of Death}") The opening screen of {Microsoft} {Windows NT}. Thisscreen shows the file system loading, and any problemssuch as conversions from FAT to NTFs or a scan of a {hard drive}. The Blue screen of Life occurs in one way, as opposed to the Blue screen of Death, which can occur in many different ways and times. [Is this term ever used in connection with Windows 3.x or Windows 9x?] (1999-04-18)