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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="process-priority-what">
+ <info>
+ <revision version="0.1" date="2014-01-26" status="stub"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="" group="processes-info" />
+ <link type="seealso" xref="process-priority-change" />
+ <link type="seealso" xref="cpu-multicore" />
+
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Phil Bull</name>
+ <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
+ <years>2011, 2014</years>
+ </credit>
+
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Michael Hill</name>
+ <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
+ <years>2011</years>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>The <em>nice</em> value of a process is used to adjust its priority.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>What is the <em>nice</em> value of a process?</title>
+
+ <p>The priority of a process determines the share of time the process is
+ alotted on a system's one or more processors (CPUs or cores). A <em>nice</em>
+ process, or one with a higher nice value, concedes priority to other processes.
+ Adjusting the nice value will increase or decrease the scheduling priority.</p>
+
+ <p>The lower the nice value, the higher the priority of the process. The nice
+ value ranges from -20 (low nice, higher priority) to 20 (lower priority). The
+ default value of nice is usually 0.</p>
+
+</page>