An abnormal end or abend is an abnormal termination of

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, or a

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. This usage derives from an error message from the IBM

OS/360 OS/360, officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System, is a discontinued batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964; it was influenced by the earlier IBSYS/IBJOB ...

, IBM zOS operating systems. Usually capitalized, but may appear as "abend". Some common ABEND codes are ABEND 0C7 (data exception) and ABEND 0CB (

division by zero In mathematics, division by zero is division where the divisor (denominator) is zero. Such a division can be formally expressed as \tfrac, where is the dividend (numerator). In ordinary arithmetic, the expression has no meaning, as there is ...

).List of ABEND codes
on madisoncollege.edu Abends can be "soft" (allowing automatic recovery) or "hard" (terminating the activity). page 352 Errors or crashes on the

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network operating system are usually called ABENDs. Communities of NetWare administrators sprung up around the Internet, such a
abend.org
The term is jocularly claimed to be derived from the German word "

abend Abend is a German-language surname, meaning "evening". Notable people with the surname include: *Edward Abend, (1822–1904), German American politician *Guy Abend (born 1990), Israeli footballer *Harry Abend (1937–2021), Venezuelan artist See ...

" meaning "evening"."Abend"
on dictionary.die.net

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