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# Additional Termination Considerations
You can terminate a C++ program by using **exit**, `return`, or **abort**. You can add exit processing using the `atexit` function. These are discussed in the following sections.  
  
## See Also  
 [Startup and Termination](../cpp/startup-and-termination-cpp.md)