<s>
An	O
abnormal	B-Application
end	I-Application
or	O
abend	B-Application
is	O
an	O
abnormal	B-Application
termination	I-Application
of	O
software	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
program	B-General_Concept
crash	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
usage	O
derives	O
from	O
an	O
error	O
message	O
from	O
the	O
IBM	O
OS/360	B-Application
,	O
IBM	O
zOS	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
capitalized	O
,	O
but	O
may	O
appear	O
as	O
"	O
abend	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
common	O
ABEND	B-Application
codes	O
are	O
ABEND	B-Application
0C7	O
(	O
data	O
exception	O
)	O
and	O
ABEND	B-Application
0CB	O
(	O
division	B-Algorithm
by	I-Algorithm
zero	I-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abends	B-Application
can	O
be	O
"	O
soft	O
"	O
(	O
allowing	O
automatic	O
recovery	O
)	O
or	O
"	O
hard	O
"	O
(	O
terminating	O
the	O
activity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Errors	O
or	O
crashes	B-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
network	O
operating	O
system	O
are	O
usually	O
called	O
ABENDs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communities	O
of	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
administrators	O
sprung	O
up	O
around	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
is	O
jocularly	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
word	O
"	O
abend	B-Application
"	O
meaning	O
"	O
evening	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
