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.

The most common were ABEND 0C7 (Data exception) and ABEND 0CB (Division by zero)^[2]

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.

References

↑ "Abend" on dictionary.die.net
↑ List of ABEND codes on madisoncollege.edu

Error messages

System failure	Bomb icon Fatal system error Guru Meditation Kernel panic Linux kernel oops Red Ring of Death Sad Mac Screen of death Blue Black Yellow Light of Death

Application failure	ABEND Fatal exception error Segmentation fault

Device and data errors	Can't extend HTTP 404 lp0 on fire Not a typewriter PC LOAD LETTER

Other	Abort, Retry, Fail? Bad command or file name Halt and Catch Fire HTTP 418 Out of memory

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

Related	Kill screen Spinning pinwheel Windows wait cursor

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Abnormal end

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