abend
(computer science) An unplanned program termination that occurs when a computer is directed to execute an instruction or to process information that it cannot recognize. Also known as blow up; bomb; crash.
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(computer science) An unplanned program termination that occurs when a computer is directed to execute an instruction or to process information that it cannot recognize. Also known as blow up; bomb; crash.
Acronym for abnormal ending or termination of a computer program. An abend can result from a computer program error, an operator error, or a machine malfunction.
[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.
Abnormal End
An ABEND (also abnormal end or abend) is an abnormal termination of software, a Crash or lossage.
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".
Errors or crashes on the Novell NetWare network operating system are usually called ABENDs. Communities of NetWare administrators have sprung up around the Internet, such as abend.org.
This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - unormal afbrydelse
Français (French)
n. - interruption anormale
Deutsch (German)
n. - (Comp.) abnormale Beendigung
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Η/Υ) αντικανονικός τερματισμός
Español (Spanish)
n. - (informática) interrupción anormal (de un programa, rutina, etc.), aborto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - onormalt avbrott
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
异常中止, 异常结束
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 異常中止, 異常結束
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) إنقطاع غير إعتيادي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הפרעה לא-נורמלית
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