Abnormal end

An ABEND (also abnormal end or abend) is an abnormal termination of software, or a program crash.

This usage derives from an error message from the IBM OS/360, IBM zOS operating systems. Usually capitalized, but may appear as "abend". It is jocularly claimed to be derived from the German word "Abend" meaning "evening".^[1] Folklore stories from IBM also refer to the IBM language JCL being developed during the abortion debate in the United States. In a very early form of being politically correct, IBM revised any JCL that referred to ABORT to ABEND.

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.

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↑ "Abend" on dictionary.die.net

Error messages

Common	ABEND Fatal exception error Fatal system error Out of memory Segmentation fault

Infamous	Abort, Retry, Fail? Bad command or file name Can't extend Guru Meditation HTTP 404 Kernel panic Linux kernel oops lp0 on fire Not a typewriter PC LOAD LETTER Sad Mac Red Ring of Death Yellow Light of Death Screen of death Blue Black

Humorous	Halt and Catch Fire HTTP 418

Lists	List of HTTP status codes List of FTP server return codes

Related	Bomb Kill screen Spinning pinwheel

This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.

Abnormal end

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