SBBOD, BSOD, OOTB

Sometimes acronyms can be quite kriptic, and if nobody is taking care of explaning that to you once, your might "rott in hell" until the death comes. I just used the "death" word in the previous sentence because the first two acronyms are related to the mortal sensation that you often experience when you see those symbols. Here they are:


SBBOD: The Spinning Beach Ball Of Death (Macosx)
This is the simbol in which your normal arrow pointer transforms when an application (or the whole system) is "not responding". This can be temporarly (you just have to wait to see if it is) or persistent (and here you'll have to reboot your computer!).

BSOD: The Blue Screen Of Death (Windows)
This is the typical blue screen that most of us have already experienced when; detaching a peripheral, unplugging and hard disk, lauching a game, trying to install windows, downloading a new driver or simply clicking somewhere on the screen.

OOTB: Out Of The Box (both)
You can use this letters to name the Quasi-mystical "out of the box" experience your often (but not always!) have when you unbox your latest mac that your bought. You plug one or two cables, your switch it on and there you are. Setup is almost finished !