abort

Definitions

• (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
• (now) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
• (military) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
• (computing) The function used to abort a process.
• (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.