Meaning of force quit | Babel Free

Definitions

(intransitive) To abort an unresponsive computer program, bypassing the usual closure process.

transitive

Examples

“Works real well :) on an si... i even got a buzzing video box for a cursor when i tried to 'force quit'...”

“Symptom: choose "About Balloon Help" from the Help Menu, then click on the Application menu icon. Mac freezes (but it is possible to force quit the current application). On returning to Finder the Application menu and "About Balloon Help" remain disabled. Eventually the Mac crashes completely.”

“Hm? I'm not sure what you mean by this. I'm sure you wouldn't want to "force quit" a background application everytime^([sic]) you press a key. As for the other things, the macintosh already does them just fine now, so I don't see the advantage in changing.”

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