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| | abend - a Whatis.com definition |
 | | An abend (a combining of two words, abnormal end, when operator messages were as short as possible) is an abnormal, rather than planned, end or termination of a computer program because of some problem with how it is running. |
 | | For example, the program may have attempted to address some computer memory space that it was not given the right to address. |
 | | When used, abend usually refers to the abnormal end of an application program because of application errors. |
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