Re: What does 95th %tile mean?

[woods () weird com (Greg A. Woods)]

[ On Thursday, April 19, 2001 at 12:13:34 (-0400), Andy Dills wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: What does 95th %tile mean?
>
> Everything makes sense until the last line. "Calculating the total in and
> out octets" could imply either max or sum, so it probably depends on the
> contract, which seems to be the bottom line to this thread anyhow.

When I see the words "total" and "and" used like that it can only mean
that addition is the operation of choice.

Inserting the missing word "of" in there might help:

        Calculating the total of in and out octets ...

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