Abort

Quick meaning: Abort is a noun meaning (computing) The function used to abort a process.

Meaning

(computing) The function used to abort a process.

More Meanings

1. (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
5. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
6. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
7. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.

Example Sentences

We've had three aborts over the last two days.

We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.

First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!

"Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime."

Word Forms

• aborts
• aborting
• aborted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drop, voiding, blackout, stifle, halt, bust.

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