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real time
1[ ree-uhl, reel ]
noun
- Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- the actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs.
real-time
2[ ree-uhl-tahym, reel- ]
adjective
- of or relating to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.
real-time
adjective
- denoting or relating to a data-processing system in which a computer receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc, and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data
real-time
- A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of real time1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in real time, Informal. at once; instantaneously.
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Example Sentences
The assessment of the strikes comes in real-time video from the aircraft.
Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
Currently, real-time surveillance systems of disease do not exist.
State and public health agencies work similarly, but nothing is reported in real-time.
The on-stage musicians perform Basetrack Live with both instruments and samples, cueing up videos and sounds in real time.
In a word, his real time of relief being that evening at sunset, his mate came lounging in, within a quarter of an hour.
It can also perform most of the calculations necessary for real-time guidance of the course of the experiments.
A special input register may be connected to operate as a Real Time Clock.
The location of both the individual and his unit can be measured in real time in meters, if not feet, anywhere in the world.
Denying or deceiving the adversary, including real-time manipulation of senses and inputs, is part of this control.
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