Abend

3 definitions found

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

  ABEND
       ABnormal END (Netware)
       
       

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



  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 grinder}s.
     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.
  
  

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

  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 grinder}s.  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)