What does real time mean?

Definitions for real time
ˈri əl, rilre·al time

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. real timenoun

    the actual time that it takes a process to occur

    "information is updated in real time"

  2. real timeadjective

    (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur

  3. real-timeadjective

    of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information

Wiktionary

  1. real timenoun

    The time duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task

ChatGPT

  1. real time

    Real time refers to the actual time during which a process or event occurs. In computing, it refers to a system in which information or processing output is continuously updated or responded to at the same pace as it is input or received, without any noticeable delay or lapse. This enables immediate reaction or interaction based on the updated data.

Wikidata

  1. Real Time

    Real Time is a webcast based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was then subsequently released on CD. It was produced by Big Finish Productions for BBCi, the interactive television service arm of the BBC and was originally webcast on the BBC Doctor Who website from August 2 to September 6, 2002.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. real time

    1. [techspeak] adj. 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 canonical example. Such applications often require special operating systems (because everything else must take a back seat to response time) and speed-tuned hardware. 2. adv. 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.”

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. real time

    Pertaining to the timeliness of data or information which has been delayed only by the time required for electronic communication. This implies that there are no noticeable delays. See also near real time.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of real time in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of real time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of real time in a Sentence

  1. Hosea Williams:

    It touched me when it happened in real time, because I could see George Floyd begging to live. Begging to live. Let me breathe. They had a knee on George Floyd neck and the other two( officers) just standing there, can you imagine if that had been a Black policeman on a White man's neck ? You can bet the nation would have been turned upside down.

  2. Kevin Reilly:

    It taps into an era when friends — and audiences — gathered together in real time and we think this reunion special will capture that spirit, uniting original and new fans, friends.

  3. Ioannis Ieropoulos:

    We were challenged by Oxfam to think about lighting urinals that they would use in refugee camps. So this is the result of that conversation. And it's basically a live trial to demonstrate the microbial fuel cell technology over a long period of time; how it can continuously generate electricity from urine in real time.

  4. Adam Schiff:

    Now the President in real time is attacking United States, what effect do United States think United States has on other witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing ?

  5. Anthony Fauci:

    I'm not against releasing the restrictions -- I'm actually for it in an appropriate place, but I don't recommend it unless we have the tools in place, in real time.


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