What's the OS X equivalent of a BSOD? As a Windows user, I've seen my share of BSODs. I've also seen some errors from Macs, but as I haven't used them as long, I don't really know what the Mac OS X error screens are like.

I've seen some kernel panics and some other error screens, but what I want to know is which one is the basic equivalent of a BSOD. Is it a kernel panic? Is it something else?

What's the OS X equivalent of a BSOD?
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.