[PLUG] Meaning of CPU stuff in TOP

Denis Heidtmann denish at dslnorthwest.net
Sun Jan 15 02:09:55 UTC 2006


The summary section of top has a line such as:

Cpu(s): 20.8% us,  2.8% sy,  9.0% ni, 63.4% id,  0.7% wa,  3.2% hi,  0.0% si

What do sy, wa, hi, and si mean?  I have been unable to find any documentation.

Thanks
-Denis




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