An abnormal end to a communication session or program It may be caused by either a hardware or software failure Also call crash or bomb
An acronym for "abnormal end " A batchload abends when OCLC's batchloading routines cannot read your file Sometimes it is because a tape was physically damaged Often it is because the tape or file is formatted incorrectly The file cannot be processed and must be replaced
(verb, computer) short for ABnormal END Used when a program crashes usually associated to mainframe program languages
Abnormal end, of a task or transaction A CICS command to abnormally terminate a transaction An MVS macro to abnormally terminate an MVS program and/or task
An unexpected processing termination that may indicate that program coding was incorrectly performed and that earlier testing was not adequate or not adequately controlled Abend stands for abnormal ending [SRV] (see also failure)
A message issued by an operating system when it detects a serious problem, such as a hardware or software failure An abend will stop a NetWare server This term is derived from abnormal end Alias One of several alternative hostnames with the same Internet address Hostname aliases often indicate that the host with that alias provides a particular network service Analogue Data in the form of some continuously variable physical quantity For a communications signal, a continuously variable waveform (as opposed to discretely variable) The public telephone network was designed to transmit voice messages in analogue form Contrast with digital