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re⋅al-time
[ree-uh
l-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. |
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| re·al-time (rē'əl-tīm', rēl'-) adj. Of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data, enabling them to direct or control a process such as an automatic pilot. |
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real-time
A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.
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real-time
- Of or relating to the actual time during which something occurs; that is, current as opposed to delayed. For example, real-time stock price quotations are generally available to investors with Internet brokerage accounts.
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real-time
1. Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. Such applications often require special operating systems (because everything else must take a back seat to response time) and speed-tuned hardware.
2. In jargon, refers to doing something while people are watching or waiting. "I asked her how to find the calling procedure's program counter on the stack and she came up with an algorithm in real time."
Used to describe a system that must guarantee a response to an external event within a given time.
(1997-11-23)
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