The "nice number" of a process is its requested execution priority -
shows up under the "NI" column if you run "ps -l" (actual priority
is listed under the "PRI" column).

"man nice" for more info.

1stFlight wrote:
> 
> I'm told that certain programs can be run at different "nice" levels.
> Can someone explain what that is? Thanks!
> 
> Darryl
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