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Is memory load bytes a count of bytes or a ratio

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Description

### Type of issue

Missing information

### Description

The article discribes the property as "_The physical memory load, in **bytes**,_" So it is a number of bytes.

But the texte explains how it is computed by :"_MemoryLoadBytes is obtained from reading the MemAvailable field from /proc/meminfo **divided** by the total physical memory_", So it is a ratio, presumably less than one.

But both sentences cannot be true together. And as the property type is long, probably the ratio explanation is plain wrong..

### Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.gcmemoryinfo.memoryloadbytes?view=net-10.0

### Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs-temp/blob/live/xml/System/GCMemoryInfo.xml

### Document Version Independent Id

7e72fc3e-cdb2-f604-3d89-78e6e75819b3

### Platform Id

e75a8ea8-855e-8665-e6e9-ba3e54dd11f9

### Article author

@dotnet-bot

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Research direction

Start with the MemoryLoadBytes entry in System/GCMemoryInfo.xml and compare it with the published API article at the provided Page URL. Verify which description is consistent with the property type and underlying documentation, then update the contradictory wording so the article gives one unambiguous definition.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
78/100

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