abend

See also: Abend and ABEND

English

Alternative forms

• ABEND

Etymology

Blend of abnormal +‎ end

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbɛnd/, /əˈbɛnd/

Noun

abend (plural abends)

1. (computing) The abnormal termination of a program.
2. (IEEE) Termination of a process prior to completion.

Translations

abnormal end

• Dutch: voortijdige beëindiging m
• Esperanto: misfino
• Finnish: virhelopetus
• German: Abbruch (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: rendellenes befejezés
• Japanese: アベンド (ja) (abendo), 異常終了 (ja) (ijō-shūryō)
• Polish: przerwanie (pl) m

Verb

abend (third-person singular simple present abends, present participle abending, simple past and past participle abended)

1. (computing) To terminate abnormally.

   The nightly invoicing job abended at 3 a.m.

Translations

to terminate abnormally

• Dutch: voortijdig beëindigen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: アベンドする (abendo-suru)

See also

• abort
• exception

References

• “abend” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, →ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835
• Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “ABEND”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

Anagrams

• Baden, Benda, baned