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ABEND
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/abend/ , /@bend/ , n. [ABnormal END] 1. Abnormal termination (of software);
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crash ; lossage. Derives from an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly
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by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinder s. Usually capitalized, but
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may appear as abend. Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is called
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abend because it is what system operators do to the machine late on Friday
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when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German Abend =
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Evening. 2. [ alt.callahans ] Absent By Enforced Net Deprivation used in the
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subject lines of postings warning friends of an imminent loss of Internet
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access. (This can be because of computer downtime, loss of provider, moving
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or illness.) Variants of this also appear: ABVND = Absent By Voluntary Net
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Deprivation and ABSEND = Absent By Self-Enforced Net Deprivation have been
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sighted.
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