DEMO Task manager in Windows °ps,top The load average reported by the w"command indicate the average number of processes in the "Ready state over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, i. e. processes who have everything they need to run but cannot because the Cpu is busy doing something else Some systems may have other states besides the ones listed here• Task manager in Windows • ps, top • The load average reported by the "w" command indicate the average number of processes in the "Ready" state over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, i.e. processes who have everything they need to run but cannot because the CPU is busy doing something else. • Some systems may have other states besides the ones listed here