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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>vaston</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../V.html" title="V"/><link rel="previous" href="var.html" title="var"/><link rel="next" href="VAX.html" title="VAX"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">vaston</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="var.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">V</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="VAX.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="vaston"/><dt xmlns="" id="vaston"><b>vaston</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Durham, UK] The unit of ‘load average’. A measure of
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how much work a computer is doing. A meter displaying this as a function of
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time is known as a <span class="firstterm">vastometer</span>. First
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used during a computing practical in December 1996.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="var.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../V.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="VAX.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">var<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>VAX</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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