Abend
Short for abnormal end, abend is a term used to describe when a program or task ends without warning. When an abend occurs the program should generate an error message that indicates the last thing the program did, the file the caused it, or where in memory the error occurred.
- If you are encountering an abend and it generates an error, search for the error message. If you are not getting an error, start on our basic troubleshooting section.
Also see: Error, Programming definitions