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System Overhead

System overhead measures the overall impact of the tool upon system performance. The relevant factors will be the raw speed of the tool and the procedures required for effective use. That is, a program that is executed every week will have a lower overall impact than a program that runs in the background at all times.


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Fri Mar 11 21:26:02 EST 1994