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Glossary: Operating System Basics

/proc

Also written: /proc/PID/status, /proc/meminfo, /proc/loadavg, /proc/cpuinfo, /dev, /sys

A folder of files the kernel makes up when you read them, showing information about processes and the system. `health.sh` reads the load from `/proc/loadavg` and memory from `/proc/meminfo`. `/dev` and `/sys` work the same way.

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