real time

[ree-uhl, reel]

real time

[ree-uhl, reel]
noun
1.
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.
2.
the actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs.
3.
in real time, Informal. at once; instantaneously.

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Real time is always a great word to know.
So is motherboard. Does it mean:
a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted
pertaining to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled

Origin:
1950–55
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re·al-time

[ree-uhl-tahym, reel-]
adjective Computers.
of or pertaining 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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real time

noun
1. the actual time that it takes a process to occur; "information is updated in real time" 
2. (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur 
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