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What does these mean when I run top?

14.3%us, 0.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 68.2%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st

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14.3 percent of cpu time for user processes

0.1 percent of cpu time used by system(os)

0.0 percent cpu time for rescheduling of priority

68.2 percent cpu time is idle

0.0 percent of cpu time is waiting for i/o (no i/o)

0.0 percent hardware interrupts

0.0 percent software interrupts(sometimes software handles int.)

0.0 percent of cpu used for steal time...

output says, this system is not busy....

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jalal
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jalal
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Is CPU activity, splitted by functions: user, system, nice, wait, hardware irq, software interrupt, steal time.

see "man top"

Response by:
leoncino
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Read man top

us: user cpu time

sy: system cpu time

ni: user nice cpu time

id: idle cpu time

wa: io wait cpu time

hi: hardware irq (servicing hardware interrupts)

si: software irq (servicing software interrupts)

st: steal time (time in involuntary wait by virtual cpu while hypervisor is servicing another processor)

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