What's the OS X equivalent of a BSOD?

Solution 1:

A BSOD is the equivalent of kernel panic in unix and unix-like OSes. From the wiki article:

In Unix-based operating systems, a similar term is kernel panic.

That said, I've seen the following image two times over the past 3-4 years. This is a kernel panic screen, as described in this support article.

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