May 15, 2003

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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:24 AM

Comments
Post a comment









Remember personal info?