Programs running in background

I noticed some of the programs running in the background of my computer are using up a lot of memory so I was wondering if it is it a good idea to quit mdimport, pipedaemon, pbs and/or ATSServer? What would happen if i did.

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Not a good idea, no. What is "a lot of memory"? In general, the Mac OS is very good at memory management. mdimport is for system indexing (Spotlight) and ATSServer manages type (fonts), you need to leave those running. pipedaemon is apparently part of the HP printer driver package, I have no idea what pbs is.
Having said that, on my system none of these processes use more than 10-12 MB each, of my 2 GB total - that's pretty insignificant.

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