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abend [n][de]
 
1)the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
    Synonyms :eve evening eventide noite entardecer vísperas tarde atardecer 黄昏 накануне вечер 前夕 傍晚 sera 저녁 veille soir abendzeit 황혼 이브 夕暮れ 前夜 晩 
    See Also: day  guest_night  sundown  crepuscle 
 
2)the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
    Synonyms :evening noite tarde вечер 傍晚 sera 저녁 soir 晩 
    See Also: period  dark 
 
3)a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
    Synonyms :evening noite tarde вечер 傍晚 sera 저녁 soir 晩 
    See Also: period 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

/o'bend/, /*-bend'/ 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 grinders. Usually capitalised, 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 computer late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German "Abend" = "Evening".

[Jargon File]

(1994-11-08)



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