Abort

Abort can mean:

  • Abortion, the termination of pregnancy.
  • Early termination of some process, e.g.:
    • The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth. For more information, see Space Shuttle abort modes and Apollo abort modes.
    • The termination of an aircraft take-off attempt.
    • Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity.
  • "Abort" is antiquated German for a toilet, from German ab- = "away" and noun Ort = "place".
  • Abort, a 1970 Norwegian film.
  • Abort (album), a 1991 album from the band Tribe