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force quit; forced termination; forced shutdown
Forcibly ending a program, process, or system that has become unresponsive. A common computing term used in everyday tech contexts.
アプリを強制終了する。
Force quit the app.
パソコンが固まったので強制終了した。
My computer froze, so I did a forced shutdown.
保存しないまま強制終了してしまい、作業中のデータが全部消えた。
I force-quit without saving, and all the data I was working on was lost.
USAGE NOTES:
強制終了 is a compound of 強制 (forced, compulsory) and 終了 (end, termination). It is the standard Japanese term for "force quit" in computing.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- アプリを強制終了する (force quit an app)
- 強制終了させる (cause to force quit)
- 強制終了の方法 (how to force quit)
RELATED TERMS:
- 再起動 (restart/reboot)
- フリーズする (to freeze, become unresponsive)
- 応答なし (not responding)
Also used outside computing to mean forcibly ending something: 番組の強制終了 (forced cancellation of a program).