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| Re: system ABEND |
| 10 Jul 24 19:32:14 |
XPost: alt.usage.english From: HenHanna@devnull.tb On 2/11/2024 9:42 AM, HenHanna wrote: > On 2/4/2024 12:01 AM, Stefan Ram wrote: >> A system ABEND is an abnormal ending of a system. >> However, in German, "Abend" is "evening", so for a German it >> always sounds a bit like "system evening", as if this is the >> sundown of the life of the system. >> >> |the sunset of my life >> Ronald Reagan (1994-11-05) >> > > > ABEND is an IBM term... So is Warp. [System Abend] would call for a [System Notausgang] --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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