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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: JOVE load average question
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Date: 18 Jan 88 20:09:18 GMT
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On a machine that can provide the information, the load average is the
average length of the run queue (number of processes waiting to be run).
Averages over three or five different intervals (depending on
your UNIX system) are maintained.

-Ron