aborted
adj.
rendered sterile; underdeveloped; held back in a early stage
abort
v.
end a pregnancy; cancel, call off; fail; (Computers) stop a procedure in progress or a program in operation (especially suddenly or abnormally)
Aborted
For the medical procedure, see
Abortion Aborted, formed in
1995, is a
Belgian death metal band. Founded by vocalist Sven de Caluwé, who was able to find additional members in 1997, they released a demo tape and eventually got the band signed to their first deal on UXICON records. Since then the band has released two splits (on Soulreaper Records and Bones Brigade, respectively), five full albums, an EP and a DVD on French label Listenable Records. Aborted are currently signed to Century Media and have toured with such acts as
Behemoth,
Cannibal Corpse,
Cryptopsy,
Grave,
Hatesphere,
Immolation,
Impaled,
Kataklysm,
Krisiun,
Morbid Angel and
Suffocation.
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abort
Verb
1. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
(hypernym) end, terminate
(derivation) miscarriage, abortion
2. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
(hyponym) miscarry
(entail) conceive
(derivation) abortion
Aborted
(a.)
Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
(a.)
Brought forth prematurely.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
abort
<
programming> 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.
(1997-01-07)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe