Kill (command)

kill
Original author(s)AT&T Bell Laboratories
Developer(s)Various open-source and commercial developers
Initial releaseFebruary 1973; 51 years ago (1973-02)
Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, OS-9, Windows, ReactOS, Singularity, IBM i
PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
LicenseReactOS: LGPL-2.1-or-later

In computing, kill is a command that is used in several popular operating systems to send signals to running processes.