uptime
Sign in to saveUptime is a measure of system reliability, expressed as the period of time a machine, typically a computer, has been continuously working and available. Uptime is the opposite of downtime.
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- Records
- Determining system uptime
- Unix-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD)
- <span id="coreutils"></span> Using uptime
- Using system-specific interfaces
- Linux
- BSD
- Microsoft Windows
- Windows Task Manager
- systeminfo
- NET command
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Uptime.exe
- FreeDOS
- OpenVMS
- See also
- References
Uptime is a measure of system reliability, expressed as the period of time a machine, typically a computer, has been continuously working and available. Uptime is the opposite of downtime.
thumb|right|Htop adds an exclamation mark when uptime is longer than 100 days.It is often used as a measure of computer operating system reliability or stability, in that this time represents the time a computer can be left unattended without crashing or needing to be rebooted for administrative or maintenance purposes. Conversely, long uptime may indicate negligence, because some critical updates can require reboots on some platforms.