It's My Process, and I'll Do What I Want To
Perhaps you've had the experience in Microsoft Windows of a rogue program that will not stop running, or a window that is plastered in an open position on the screen and will not close. The only way to close the program or window is to press Ctrl+Alt+Del. (This is sometimes called a three-fingered salute.)
Ctrl+Alt+Del opens the Close Program dialog box in Microsoft Windows. The Close Program dialog box probably reports that the errant program as not responding. To stop it, you select the program and click End Task. (True: There is one other way, too—turning off the power.)
As a Linux administrator or developer, you may need to perform an analogous job. In Linux, this job is not known as ending a task ...
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