real time
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.
Idioms about real time
in real time, Informal. at once; instantaneously.
Origin of real time
1Other definitions for real-time (2 of 2)
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.
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How to use real time in a sentence
We are here speaking of real times, and not of the conventional times.
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille FlammarionIn these real times, when all the Fairies are dead and buried, there are still a great many purses which possess that quality.
Barnaby Rudge | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for real-time
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for real-time
A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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