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Load average

Load averages are a measure of the amount of processing a computer system is currently performing, usually in the form of a scalar and as some variation on a percentage. They come in different forms in the cases of differing operating systems.

  • On Unix and Unix-like systems the load average is generally given as three scalar numbers, representing the average number of processes ready to run in the last one, five and fifteen minutes.

  • On Windows systems, a percentage of CPU load is generally used, with 100% being full CPU utilization.



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