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An ABEND (or abnormal end or abend) is an abnormal termination of software, a Crash or lossage. Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... A crash in computing is a condition where a program (either an application or part of the operating system) stops performing its expected function and also stops responding to other parts of the system. ...


This usage derives from an error message on the IBM System/360. It is used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a mainframe computer system family announced by International Business Machines on April 7, 1964. ... Hacker is a term used to describe different types of computer experts. ...


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". Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. ...


The Novell NetWare network operating system is notorious for ABEND error messages, such that entire communities of administrators have sprung up around the Internet, such as abend.org (http://www.abend.org). Novell, Inc. ... NetWare is a network operating system and the set of network protocols it uses to talk to client machines on the network. ...


See also

Computer programming (often simply programming) is the craft of implementing one or more interrelated abstract algorithms using a particular programming language to produce a concrete computer program. ...

References

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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