It's the number of processes either running or waiting in the queue for CPU time. This is averaged over 5, 10, and 15 minutes. Load of 0 means idle (nothing to

It's the number of processes either running or waiting in the queue for CPU time. This is averaged over 5, 10, and 15 minutes. Load of 0 means idle (nothing to run), load of 1 means e.g. one process running and nothing in the queue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing)