# Meaning of "Overhead" column in Profile

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-overhead-column-in-profile/51648>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** profiling\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-overhead-column-in-profile/51648 "2020-12-11T04:54:59Z")\
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The first two lines in the output of `Profile.print()` are

```julia
Overhead ╎ [+additional indent] Count File:Line; Function
=========================================================
[Profiling data]

```

What does the `Overhead` column refer to?