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task manager program found in many Unix-like operating systems. It produces an ordered list of running processes selected by user-specified criteria, and updates it periodically
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top

Summary

top is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. top has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • top's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • top's instance of is recorded as task manager[4].
  • top's instance of is recorded as system monitor[5].
  • top's Commons category is recorded as Top (software)[6].
  • top's official website is recorded as http://procps.sourceforge.net/[7].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as h[8].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as v[9].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as b[10].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as c[11].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as d[12].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as H[13].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as i[14].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as n[15].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as o[16].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as O[17].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as p[18].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as s[19].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as S[20].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as u[21].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as U[22].
  • top's has command line option is recorded as w[23].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for top include radeontop[24], a command-line tool[25].

Why It Matters

top has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] top is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for top include radeontop[24], a command-line tool[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Savantup · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → standard UNIX utility or command, task manager, system monitor
    Stack exchange tag → https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/top
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1482]]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/top"
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