Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com 2011, 2014
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com 2011
The nice value of a process is used to adjust its priority.
Ελληνική μεταφραστική ομάδα GNOME
team@gnome.gr 2014
Δημήτρης Σπίγγος
dmtrs32@gmail.com 2014

# What is the nice value of a process?

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 nice process, or one with a higher nice value, concedes priority to other processes. Adjusting the nice value will increase or decrease the scheduling priority.

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.