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== Unix-style load calculation ==

All Unix and Unix-like systems generate a dimensionless [[Software metric|metric]] of three "load average" numbers in the [[kernel (computeroperating sciencesystem)|kernel]]. Users can easily query the current result from a [[Unix shell]] by running the <code>[[uptime]]</code> command:

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$ uptime