Definition of Abort

Babylon English
abort
v. end a pregnancy; cancel, call off; fail; (Computers) stop a procedure in progress or a program in operation (especially suddenly or abnormally)

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Abort Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Abort
To terminate a preplanned aircraft maneuver; (e.g., an aborted takeoff). (FAA4)


Abort Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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abort
<programming> To terminate a program or process abnormally and usually suddenly, with or without diagnostic information. "My program aborted", "I aborted the transmission". The noun form in computing is "abort", not "abortion", e.g. "We've had three aborts over the last two days".
If a Unix kernel aborts it is known as a panic.
(1997-01-07)

JDK Doc(JAVA)
ABORT
- Static variable in interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver 
public static final int ABORT
This flag in the infoflags argument to imageUpdate indicates that an image which was being tracked asynchronously was aborted before production was complete. No more information will become available without further action to trigger another image production sequence. If the ERROR flag was not also set in this image update, then accessing any of the data in the image will restart the production again, probably from the beginning.See Also:  imageUpdate(java.awt.Image, int, int, int, int, int)

INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0
abort
To terminate a program,or without diognastic information to process suddenly, abnormally.


Abort Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
abort
(*) 1. To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 2. To discontinue aircraft takeoff or missile launch.
  


Abort Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Abort
(v. i.)
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
  
(v. i.)
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
  
(n.)
An untimely birth.
  
(n.)
An aborted offspring.
  

WordNet 2.0
abort

Verb
1. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
(hypernym) end, terminate
(derivation) miscarriage, abortion
2. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
(hyponym) miscarry
(entail) conceive
(derivation) abortion

Anagram
abort
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hEnglish - advanced version
abort

abort
\a*bort"\ (&adot;*bôrt"), v. i. [l. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. see orient.]
1. to miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. (biol.) to become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
abort
\a*bort"\, n. [l. abortus, fr. aboriri.] 1. an untimely birth. [obs.] h. wotton.
2. an aborted offspring. [obs.]


Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
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Abort Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
abort
verb
(i) to eject the embryo or fetus and so end a pregnancy before the fetus is fully developed; (ii) to have an abortion; the doctors decided to abort the fetus; the tissue will be aborted spontaneously


Abort Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

VFA-13 Aviation Glossary
abort
To cancel a flight mission, either before takeoff or in the air, because of aircraft or other problems.To terminate a preplanned aircraft maneuver.

Telecommunication Standard Terms
abort
1. In a computer or data transmission system, to terminate, usually in a controlled manner, a processing activity because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to proceed. 2. In data transmission, a function invoked by a sending station to cause the recipient to discard or ignore all bit sequences transmitted by the sender since the preceding flag sequence.


Abort Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Abort
Abort can mean:
  • Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity.
  • Abortion, a premature termination of pregnancy ending in the death of the embryo or fetus.
  • The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth. For more information, see Space Shuttle abort modes and Apollo abort modes.

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