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Understanding User and Kernel Mode
CPU usage is generally represented as a simple percentage of CPU time spent on non-idle tasks. But this is a bit of a simplification. In any modern operating system, the CPU is actually spending time in two very distinct modes:
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created by san on 2008-01-14 21:45:49



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