[1] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

abend
     abnormal end netware
     
     

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
crash lossage code grinder 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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".
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-11-08
     
     
see also:
software crash lossage ibm 360 code grinder jargon file 

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