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#======= THIS IS THE JARGON FILE, VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 =======#


The Jargon Lexicon
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:abbrev: /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ /n./ Common abbreviation for
`abbreviation'.

:ABEND: /a'bend/, /*-bend'/ /n./ [ABnormal END] Abnormal
termination (of software); {crash}; {lossage}. Derives from
an error message on the IBM 360; used jokingly by hackers but
seriously mainly by {code grinder}s. 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'.

:accumulator: /n. obs./ 1. Archaic term for a register. On-line
use of it as a synonym for `register' is a fairly reliable
indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or