The idle thread can be used to determine total system load.

The load average represents the average system load over a period of time.

Is there a reasonable expectation that the other system loads faster?

A real-time deadline must be met, regardless of system load.

Baseload plants can be highly optimized for low fuel cost, but may not start or stop quickly during changes in system load.

It allows for monitoring resources such as disk usage, system load or number of users currently logged in.

By that time, the plant had become a reserve facility only used at times of very high system load.

The average system load, normally between six and eight at any one time, jumped as high as 300.

This will describe how system load will vary over the course of the day.

Several adjustments are necessary when the system load is changed.