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From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: CPU usage shown by top
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On 6/21/05, Richard Lupton <r.lupton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Can anyone explain where the CPU usage values in top come from? When
> my computer is busy, the "CPU states" row in the header shows
> reasonably high load, but the sum of the cpu column never adds up to
> as much.
>=20
> Thanks,
>     Richard
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