If second derivative of a function is constant, you can bound the maximum of this function's absolute value in terms of this constant

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If the second derivative of a function is constant on some interval, you can bound the maximum of this function's absolute value from below in terms of this constant.

What does the above statement mean?

If $f(x)=ax^2+bx+c\implies f''(x)=2a$

Does the above statement mean $|f(x)|\ge2a?$

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