ABEND (abnormal end)
"crash" of a computer program, atypical termination of software (Computers) | ||||
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ABEND Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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<jargon> /o'bend/, /*-bend'/ ABnormal END. Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called "abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German "Abend" = "Evening".
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<jargon> /o'bend/, /*-bend'/ ABnormal END. Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called "abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German "Abend" = "Evening".
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(1994-11-08)
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ABEND
/a'bend/, /*-bend'/ n. [ABnormal END] 1. Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalized, but may appear as `abend'. Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called `abend' because it is what system operators do to the machine late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German `Abend' = `Evening'. 2. [alt.callahans] Absent By Enforced Net Deprivation - used in the subject lines of postings warning friends of an imminent loss of Internet access. (This can be because of computer downtime, loss of provider, moving or illness.) Variants of this also appear: ABVND = `Absent By Voluntary Net Deprivation' and ABSEND = `Absent By Self-Enforced Net Deprivation' have been sighted.
/a'bend/, /*-bend'/ n. [ABnormal END] 1. Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalized, but may appear as `abend'. Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called `abend' because it is what system operators do to the machine late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German `Abend' = `Evening'. 2. [alt.callahans] Absent By Enforced Net Deprivation - used in the subject lines of postings warning friends of an imminent loss of Internet access. (This can be because of computer downtime, loss of provider, moving or illness.) Variants of this also appear: ABVND = `Absent By Voluntary Net Deprivation' and ABSEND = `Absent By Self-Enforced Net Deprivation' have been sighted.
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AB normal END. When an application program ends earlier then expected due to some unforeseen error - often something which the programmer had not considered.
AB normal END. When an application program ends earlier then expected due to some unforeseen error - often something which the programmer had not considered.
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Abnormal termination or crash of software.
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ABEND Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ABEND Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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/o'bend/, /*-bend'/ abnormal end. abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. derives from an error message on the ibm 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". hackers will try to persuade you that abend is called "abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the german "abend" = "evening".
abend
/o'bend/, /*-bend'/ abnormal end. abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. derives from an error message on the ibm 360; used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". hackers will try to persuade you that abend is called "abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the german "abend" = "evening".
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This usage derives from an error message from the IBM OS/360 operating system. It is used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalized, but may appear as "abend".
Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called "abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German Abend meaning "evening".
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