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On 2005-11-12 12:47, Gobbledegeek <gobbledegeek@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wanted to know how to estimate at a quick glance, the TOTAL amount
> of physical memory consumed by the system - if is it the "Active"
> pages in Kbytes of Top command..

Not really.
Active, Cached, Wired and Buf memory is also 'in use'.