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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

abort

Stopping the execution of a program or system before it has completed. The run may be aborted by the program itself, the operating system or a user. For example, an error such as a missing file may cause a program to be aborted.

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errorcompilation errorexecuterun-timerun-time error
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Programming › running programs
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