abort — UK US /əˈbɔːt/ verb ► [T] to stop an activity before it begins or before it is complete: abort a test/trial/plan »We were forced to abort the test as a result of technical problems. abort a launch/merger/deal »Money has been wasted on aborted… … Financial and business terms
Abort — can mean: *Abortion, a premature termination of pregnancy ending in the death of the embryo or fetus. *Early termination of some process, e.g.: **The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the… … Wikipedia
Abort — A*bort ([.a]*b[^o]rt ), v. t. to cause (an action or process) to stop at an early stage, or before normal completion; as, to abort a rocket flight. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abort (computing) — In a computer or data transmission system, to abort means to , usually in a controlled manner, a processing activity because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to proceed. Such an action may be accompanied by information on the… … Wikipedia
abort — 1. noun /əˈbɔːt,əˈbɔːɹt/ a) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. In Japonia tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends. b) The function used to abort a… … Wiktionary
abort — [[t]əbɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] aborts, aborting, aborted 1) VERB If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. [FORMAL] [V n] Ruth Ellis gunned down the lover who walked out on her after she had aborted… … English dictionary
Actor model and process calculi — In computer science, the Actor model and process calculi are two closely related approaches to the modelling of concurrent digital computation. See Actor model and process calculi history.There are many similarities between the two approaches,… … Wikipedia
Control-Feedback-Abort Loop — Too often systems fail, sometimes leading to significant loss of life, fortunes and confidence in the provider of a product or service. It was determined that a simple and useful tool was needed to help in the analysis of interactions of groups… … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle design process — See also Space Shuttle program Conception and development North American Rockwell Shuttle, 1969 Even before the Apollo moon landing in 1969, in October 1968, NASA began early studies of space shuttle designs. The early studies were denoted Phase… … Wikipedia
Windows NT startup process — The Windows NT startup process is the process by which Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems initialize. In Windows Vista and later, this process has changed slightly; see Windows Vista startup process … Wikipedia
Numerical control — CNC redirects here. For other uses, see CNC (disambiguation). A CNC Turning Center … Wikipedia
