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How can Task Manager in Windows or Force Close in macOS close frozen, suspended and instantly unresponsive programs? What do they do different from clicking the X button in the corner?
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Because it executes a KILL.
Just as on Linux you can do it via terminal, on Windows and MacOS it does exactly the same thing, only it does it underneath and you don't see the command.
The KILL command removes all traces of the application from RAM. Different from the X button in the corner, which performs a controlled shutdown, writes system logs, updates the execution log, etc.