# CPU time

> amount of time for which a central processing unit (CPU) was used for processing instructions of a computer program or operating system, as opposed to, for example, waiting for input/output (I/O) operations or entering low-power (idle) mode

**Wikidata**: [Q1146920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1146920)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_time)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013