Guten Abend (was Abend)

Subject: Guten Abend (was Abend)
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:31:27 -0500

Metzger, Lucinda M wrote:
> "This prompts me to ask -- does anybody here still use the term "abend"
> or am I *really* dating myself? I once used it, thinking it was a
> well-known piece of computer jargon, and my manager had to go look it
> up."
>
> Yes indeed..."abend" is still commonly used with mainframe applications.

And only there (or in Germany). Anyone at a non-mainframe shop who knows
the term got it elsewhere.
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References:
Abend (was: RE: I had to say it ... ): From: Downing, David
RE: Abend (was: RE: I had to say it ... ): From: Metzger, Lucinda M

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