vaston
vaston n.
[Durham, UK] The unit of ‘load average’. A measure of how much work a computer is doing. A meter displaying this as a function of time is known as a vastometer. First used during a computing practical in December 1996.
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vastonvaston n. [Durham, UK] The unit of ‘load average’. A measure of how much work a computer is doing. A meter displaying this as a function of time is known as a vastometer. First used during a computing practical in December 1996. |
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