[ree-uh
l, reel] 
| 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. |
[ree-uhl-tahym, reel-] | 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. |
| re·al time (rē'əl, rēl) n.
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A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.
real-time