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CPU states:  1.6% user,  0.0% nice,  0.4% system,  0.0% interrupt, 98.1%idle
Mem: 60M Active, 502M Inact, 103M Wired, 21M Cache, 110M Buf, 299M Free


What are the CPU stats actually measuring? How is idle computed?

What's the difference between Inact and Free memory stats?

Thanks!

Joe