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The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the part of a computer that performs tasks instructed by the computer programs. Its role is somewhat analogous to that of the human brain; it performs simple mathematical, logical, and in/out operation of the machine.

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High CPU usage by system

Chrome is gobbling up your CPU, look how many processes it is running. Chrome is known to be a CPU intensive browser because it runs every tab and every extension as a standalone process. … I alternate between Safari and Chrome depending on the task at hand, while also monitoring my computer’s CPU load. Safari can generally handle more tabs with less CPU. …
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Distnoted terminal message

Distnoted is a perfectly benign process, but it can occasionally consume resources and make your Mac slow down, which is evidenced by multiple threads in Apple discussion forums linking CPU intensive processes … function needs to be constantly running (as opposed to when triggered by an incoming notification), what makes it resource intensive (my first impression is that notifications shouldn’t take up much CPU
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