abend vs halting

abend

noun
  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

verb
  • To terminate abnormally. 

halting

noun
  • The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy. 

adj
  • Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken. 

How often have the words abend and halting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )