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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--abend(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年09月22日19:35:30 星期五), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
ABEND (A-bend, a-BEND) noun
1. Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage. Derives from
an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but
seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalized, but may
appear as `abend'. Hackers will try to persuade you that ABEND is
called `abend' because it is what system operators do to the machine
late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from
the German `Abend' = `Evening'.
2. [alt.callahans] Absent By Enforced Net Deprivation - used in the
subject lines of postings warning friends of an imminent loss of
Internet access. (This can be because of computer downtime, loss of
provider, moving or illness.) Variants of this also appear: ABVND =
`Absent By Voluntary Net Deprivation' and ABSEND = `Absent By
Self-Enforced Net Deprivation' have been sighted.
[ABnormal + END.]
"Novell has released an update ... which Novell says should fix an abend
that sometimes happens during an upgrade."
Stephanie Sanborn, Global Strategy offers hope for sick dot-coms,
InfoWorld, Jul 10, 2000.
This week's theme: words from the hackers' jargon.
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