Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

force quit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: force quit
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

force quits (present, singular) force quitting (participle, present) force quitted (participle, past) force quitted (past)

Questions

What does force quit mean?: (intransitive) To abort an unresponsive computer program, bypassing the usual closure process.

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