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stupid question

Subject: stupid question
From: FRamsay at castelhq.com (FRamsay at castelhq.com)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:23:56 -0500

what exactly to the three load average numbers in top mean?

I had assumed one was current load, and the others were average over
different amounts of time, but what exactly are they?

                  -fjr

Frank Ramsay
Systems Programmer
Castel, Inc
100 Cummings Center
Suite 157h
Beverly, MA 01915
(978) 236 1000 (voice)
(978) 236 1197 (fax)
Email: framsay at castelhq.com

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