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Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]

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Subject: [mg121191] Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]
From: Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at me.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 08:05:46 -0400 (EDT)
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What is the difference between quitting the kernel and executing Clear["Global`*"]?

Is there a command to quit the kernel, instead of selecting Quit/Local from there Evaluate menu?

Thanks

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