What does increasing the process load to 200% in the 'top' output in Linux imply?

In the output of the top command in Linux, process load is expressed as a percentage of CPU usage. A value up to 100% corresponds to full utilization of one CPU core. If a process shows a load of 200%, it means it is using the resources of two cores simultaneously. That is, the process is multithreaded and effectively utilizes multiple CPU cores, summing their load.