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Subject: CPU usage shown by top
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Hello,

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.

Thanks,
    Richard