4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abort \A*bort"\, n. [L. abortus, fr aboriri.]
1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abort \A*bort"\ ([.a]*b[^o]rt"), v. i. [L. abortare fr
abortus, p. p. of aboriri ab + oriri to rise, to be born.
See {Orient}.]
1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. (Biol.) To become checked in normal development, so as
either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to
become sterile.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abort
v 1: terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a
mission, etc
2: terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
abort
To terminate a program or {process} abnormally
and usually suddenly, with or without {diagnostic}
information. "My program aborted", "I aborted the
transmission". The noun form in computing is "abort", not
"abortion", e.g. "We've had three aborts over the last two
days".
If a {Unix} {kernel} aborts it is known as a {panic}.
(1997-01-07)
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