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• ABEND /a'bend/, /*-bend'/ n. [ABnormal END] 1.
  Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage....
• A motion to abend is always in order.
• front end: n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a `back end').
  2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making replies without paying attention....
• guru meditation: n. Amiga equivalent of `panic' in UNIX (sometimes just called a `guru' or `guru event').
  When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX....
• Helen Keller mode: n. 1. State of a hardware or software system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.
  e., accepting no input and generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other excursion into {deep space}....
• Just a little picture before the lights go out. -- MVS/ESA
  Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids LY28-1813-03 -- 4.0 Chapter 4. ABEND Dump...
• parity errors: pl.n. Little lapses of attention or (in more severe cases) consciousness, usually brought on by having spent all night and most of the next day hacking.
  I need to go home and crash; I'm starting to get a lot of parity errors....
• mode bit: n. A {flag}, usually in hardware, that selects between two (usually quite different) modes of operation.
  The connotations are different from {flag} bit in that mode bits are mainly written during a boot or set-up phase, are seldom explicitly read, and seldom change over the lifetime of an ordinary program....
• unning: adj. Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm.
  "You want to code *what* in ADA? That's a ... stunning idea!" -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...