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puzpuzpuz authored and danielleadams committed Oct 6, 2020
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added: v14.10.0
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* `utilization1` {Object} The result of a previous call to `eventLoopUtilization()`
* `utilization2` {Object} The result of a previous call to `eventLoopUtilization()`
prior to `util1`
* `utilization1` {Object} The result of a previous call to
`eventLoopUtilization()`.
* `utilization2` {Object} The result of a previous call to
`eventLoopUtilization()` prior to `utilization1`.
* Returns {Object}
* `idle` {number}
* `active` {number}
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cumulative duration of time the event loop has been both idle and active as a
high resolution milliseconds timer. The `utilization` value is the calculated
Event Loop Utilization (ELU). If bootstrapping has not yet finished, the
properties have the value of 0.
properties have the value of `0`.

`utilization1` and `utilization2` are optional parameters.
Both `utilization1` and `utilization2` are optional parameters.

If `utilization1` is passed, then the delta between the current call's `active`
and `idle` times, as well as the corresponding `utilization` value are
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```

Although the CPU is mostly idle while running this script, the value of
`utilization` is 1. This is because the call to [`child_process.spawnSync()`][]
blocks the event loop from proceeding.
`utilization` is `1`. This is because the call to
[`child_process.spawnSync()`][] blocks the event loop from proceeding.

Passing in a user-defined object instead of the result of a previous call to
`eventLoopUtilization()` will lead to undefined behavior. The return values
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