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{{short description|Task manager program found in many Unix-like operating systems}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = top
| screenshot             = BSD-unix-top-plain.png
| screenshot size        = 300px
| author                 = William LeFebvre
| developer              = 
| released               = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| latest release version =
| latest release date    = 
| genre                  = Process viewer / [[System monitor]]
| license                =
| website                = hide
| operating_system       = [[Unix-like]]
| programming_language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
}}
'''top''' is a [[task manager]] or [[system monitor]] program, found in many [[Unix-like]] operating systems, that displays information about [[central processing unit|CPU]] and memory utilization.