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Date:      Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:10:57 +0100
From:      Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
To:        Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is the difference between WCPU and CPU
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:57:32 +0200, Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:04:10 +0100, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was looking at top and wondering the difference between WCPU and CPU
> 
> Have you tried "man top"
> 
> "WCPU, when displayed, is the weighted cpu percentage (this is the
> same value that ps(1) displays as CPU), CPU is the raw percentage and
> is the field that is sorted to determine the order of the processes."

I read the top man but it does not explain what weighted cpu is and raw cpu is.



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