What are 'Nice' values in relation to processes

[James McDonald]

Michael Scottaline wrote:

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> nice has to do with the "priority" assigned to a running process.  -20 gets
> the highest priority, 19 gets the lowest.  A process with a lower priority
> will yield processor activity to one with a higher value.
> For fuller info, check "man nice" (w/o quotes) in a terminal app.
> HTH,
> Mike
> 


Thanks Mike it did indeed help...