real time en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹiːəl ˈtaɪm/
- /ˈɹiːl ˈtaɪm/
Meanings
- (uncountable) The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task.
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(uncountable) The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc).
"It's intelligence in real time, but you have to know where you're looking and what you're after." Government sources told The Washington Post that the program had had little discernible impact on the government's ability to prevent terrorist [attacks].
2009, John C. Conyers, Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 158:Additional data services, such as album art, artist information and advertising logos, interactive user functions, as well as weather and traffic updates in real time [exist].
2016, Jerry C. Whitaker, The SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook: A Hands-on Guide to Station Design and Maintenance, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 11:
- (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time.
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pl czas rzeczywisty (time duration) · cmn 實時 /实时 (time duration) · fi reaaliaika (time duration) · ja 実時間 (time duration) · ru реа́льное вре́мя (time duration) · uk реа́льний час (time duration) · fr temps réel (time duration) · ja リアルタイム (time duration) · sv realtid (time duration) · ka რეალური დრო (time duration) · de Echtzeit (time duration) · it tempo reale (time duration) · vi thời gian thực (time duration) · nb sanntid (time duration) · es tiempo real (time duration) · fi tosiaika (time duration) · tr gerçek zaman (time duration) · ar زَمَن حَقِيقِيّ (time duration) · ko 리얼 타임 (time duration) · ko 실시간 (time duration) · bg реа́лно вре́ме (time duration) · vi tức thời (time duration) · be рэа́льны час (time duration)