Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 17:55:37 -0800 (PST) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: David Olbersen <DOlbersen@stbernard.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions \(E-mail\)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Load Message-ID: <20030403175333.F26227-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net> In-Reply-To: <E7E213858379814A9AE48CA6754F5ECB0D6CCF@mail01.stbernard.com>
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, David Olbersen wrote: > > Does anybody have a nice definition of the UNIX term "load" ? > > I have a gut-level idea of what it is, but nothing that I can pass on to non-UNIX people. > > Any help? The load averages displayed in commands like top, uptime and w are the average number of jobs in the run queue during the last 1/5/15 minutes. Cheers, Viktor
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