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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]: abortTo 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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