Kill may refer to any of the following:
Kill is a command with Linux and Unix variants and various network equipment to stop a process or disconnect a client. For example, on a Linux server, the admin may need to kill a process consuming too much memory.
In general, kill describes deleting or removing data from a computer.
Microsoft Windows users can kill a task using the tskill command.
Related information
- See the kill command page for further information about the kill command.
- See our bash kill command page for help with the bash kill command.
- With a game, kill is when a player, NPC, or the environment damages someone so much that their character’s life is ended. In most games, after being killed, the character is respawned and may suffer a penalty.
- How to delete a file, directory, or folder.
- How to make sure all data is erased on a computer hard drive.
- When I delete a file on my computer, where does it go?
- How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files.
Delete, Die, Expire, Game terms, Kick, KYS, Operating system terms, Software terms, Terminate
A kill may also be called a frag.
