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abort

(1) To exit a function or application without saving any data that has been changed.

(2) To stop a transmission.

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abort [ə′bȯrt]

(aerospace engineering)

To cut short or break off an action, operation, or procedure with an aircraft, space vehicle, or the like, especially because of equipment failure.

An aircraft, space vehicle, or the like which aborts.

An act or instance of aborting.

(computer science)

To terminate a procedure, such as the running of a computer program or the printing of a document, while it is still in progress.

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(programming)

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.