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<p><b>CPU time</b> (or <b>process time</b>) is the amount of <a href="page.php?w=time">time</a> that a <a href="page.php?w=central_processing_unit">central processing unit</a> (CPU) was used for processing a specific set of <a href="page.php?w=Instruction_%28computer_science%29">instructions</a> of a <a href="page.php?w=computer_program">computer program</a> or <a href="page.php?w=operating_system">operating system</a>, as opposed to total time from start to finish, where the CPU might have spent time on other processes. See the figure. CPU time</p><p>
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