From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20222 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2021 14:25:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Sep 2021 14:25:01 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E3BFD9D577; Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:24:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2CD9D57C; Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:23:56 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="k8nEVYyw"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 408D19C223; Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:23:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f44.google.com (mail-ua1-f44.google.com [209.85.222.44]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEA639BA51 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:23:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f44.google.com with SMTP id a14so1465019uao.0 for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:23:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=lCv0pCh0/7mxnM29rh0HCi1BYe4vr5e7Ks+Vbe717yk=; b=k8nEVYywygZYRIUQV78SenZONWo4qVC8OEMvqWQEZpw8wJncPoGR6D5dhk6LbjO3ff jYpvAp7EftNheO6Qmts/jWH3SpeDYdYvwszvorxtiRfnuqOlZ+uIxGNjXBQhApolO8hS JFlycvVgR4NlTiI50U+TLpfHmkqvoy+wayAATdQuXBeRXL6lrAxHGYIMmzdI/pa0ni79 2bSVYwWQOLsls8XXO1S4U+5C78KXLTVkuR+mLriEC7TGvYHq+JufU/qP8b59Dmhp2LLh jSW9aGx2a7fKkTXu2A5WjjaNGR2ld1qCMA6olXoPLd6ERk4cD86LI3btx1QKq+qRhJD8 +swA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=lCv0pCh0/7mxnM29rh0HCi1BYe4vr5e7Ks+Vbe717yk=; b=bMWVZAoC6bO82nbT+qd4IwWUOOiSAGfU/vZpECfTGqkNi6xj/sGIfdpn8MkryIMfeH NiKDW8xJbZEKIDYHpR6ePf9xEz8hg4uYtl18hBY0QyTymibJWe5puBDnWqawEeR8/mYq 3OCxnO/oNbbyBqQ/MV4LTwBiz5imkuOtbuzED/8mc82szjvUwMU7AXMTatL7azV7dUYj 5LyoG2Tuv9KodG7WNkRdkiGMvkjzKLF6ZE6M4LrX2vvFZsK89BPTtYeeyttcx9Ac7I8m 1wWCPhP1WXrL/QGMohlP0W9FM3jgi4PvpiLRMknScVz9lhRzQTwEYaMwGxGFc6xSX7Ry W7Rg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533JDL+c1a6sMVDAiSxXqcKX0HyoHCantrk+5R9EIKJz76zxfH6D jLccjezFTB+HoiBOPcGtSPxqA0PSvkx7xKrTSoaaAvj7 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwEfVZqeXRfUdbNU77g1HTdT3Q/3ZoC2tiRjZ72Gq5rsqN+xxe3N/CjjlMWJDr25G1Ur7C7GiRKHf96h+JI5PM= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:1e45:: with SMTP id n5mr23615765uak.133.1630506222958; Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:23:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab0:257:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Sep 2021 07:23:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Paul Winalski Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:23:42 -0400 Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] A language question X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 9/1/21, Dan Cross wrote: > > As an aside, I'd always been under the impression that the "AB" in "ABEND" > comes from, "abnormal"? You are correct, Dan. ABEND comes from the IBM (specifically OS/360/370) world and is short for "abnormal end". It means that application program (called the "problem program" in IBM mainframe jargon) has terminated abnormally for some reason and control has returned to the operating system. An ABEND was typically followed by a core dump to the printer. As the manual for beginning programmers at Boston College said, "Despite what your German teacher might tell you, there is no such thing as a guten ABEND." -Paul W.