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 us  --  User CPU time
      The time the CPU has spent running users' processes that are not niced.

    sy  --  System CPU time
      The time the CPU has spent running the kernel and its processes.

    ni  --  Nice CPU time
      The time the CPU has spent running users' proccess that have been niced.

    wa  --  iowait
      Amount of time the CPU has been waiting for I/O to complete.

    hi  --  Hardware IRQ
      The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.

    si  --  Software Interrupts
      The amount of time the CPU has been servicing software interrupts.

    st  --  Steal Time
      The amount of CPU 'stolen' from this virtual machine by the hypervisor for other tasks (such as running another virtual machine).