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Abend vs Defunct - What's the difference?

abend | defunct |

As nouns the difference between abend and defunct

is that abend is while defunct is the dead person (referred to).

As adjectives the difference between abend and defunct

is that abend is while defunct is deceased, dead.

As a verb defunct is

to make defunct.

abend

English

Alternative forms

* ABEND

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) An abnormal termination of a program.
  • (IEEE) Termination of a process prior to completion.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To terminate abnormally.
    • ''"The nightly invoicing job abended at 3am."

    See also

    * abort * exception

    Anagrams

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    References

    defunct

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deceased, dead.
  • * Shakespeare
    • defunct organs
  • * Byron
    • The boar, defunct , lay tripped up, near.
  • No longer in use, inactive.
  • (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • (business) No longer in business or service.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make defunct.

    • Noun

  • The dead person (referred to).
  • * 1817 September , in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine , volume 1, page 617:

    • Related terms

    * function * bankrupt