different between abend vs abeng

English

Alternative forms

• ABEND

Etymology

Blend of abnormal +? end

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æb?nd/, /??b?nd/

Noun

abend (plural abends)

1. (computing) The abnormal termination of a program.
2. (IEEE) Termination of a process prior to completion.

Translations

Verb

abend (third-person singular simple present abends, present participle abending, simple past and past participle abended)

1. (computing) To terminate abnormally.

   The nightly invoicing job abended at 3 a.m.

Translations

See also

• abort
• exception

References

• “abend” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, ?ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835
• Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (29 December 2003) , “ABEND”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7

Anagrams

• Baden, Benda, baned

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole abeng, from Akan ab??.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æ?b??/

Noun

abeng (plural abengs)

1. An animal horn utilized by the Maroon people of Jamaica as a musical instrument. It was used by slaveholders to summon slaves to the canefields and by the Maroon army to communicate cryptic messages over great distances.

See also

• sneng

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “abeng”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 3

Anagrams

• Bange, began, benga

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From Akan ab??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b??/
• Hyphenation: a?beng

Noun

abeng (plural: abeng dem, quantified: abeng)

1. An abeng – the horn of the Jamaican Maroons.

References

Anagrams

• Bange, began, benga