ITunes frozen in middle of importing

None of the buttons responding to mouse, stopped importing in the middle of CD, Cd kept playing till end of track, then no longer continued.
Other programs still work, internet access still ok (hence I am here asking this question!), but I don't want to switch off computer without some advice. I pressed eject and took the cd out, but iTunes is frozen.
What should I do? Is it cntrl/alt/del ??? to reboot? I just bought this computer and new to it all.

This happened to me, first try and wait for a couple of days, then if that didn't work try plugging it into a USB and is that doesnt work to terminate a program hold the home and lock button together for 10 seconds try this if not sorry.

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