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real-time en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹiːəltaɪm/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹiːltaɪm/

Etymology

From real time.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Communicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.
    • Audiences tolerate the idea of Roxy Hart turning from a “real-time” conversation with her husband or lawyer and launching into a song about her dreams and ambitions. And in the old days, movie audiences did the same: Judy Garland could ... 2004, William J. Mann, Gay Pride: A Celebration Of All Things Gay And Lesbian, Citadel Press, →ISBN:
    • If not real-time, in-person backup, he at least needed to tell Davenport what was going on, and where he was headed. 2014, John Sandford, Deadline: A Virgil Flowers Novel, Penguin, →ISBN, page 167:
    • It will provide a wireless navigation service that can deliver turn-by-turn route guidance and real-time traffic and weather information. Motorola is the first company to create such a solution, […] 2001, Automotive Engineering International:
    • All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information. 2020 December 30, Paul Stephen, “Chirk station is truly blooming”, in Rail, page 48:
    • This may nevertheless require some re-drawing of boundaries, to integrate real- time or near-real-time intelligence collection with the other means of locating, identifying and tracking major military equipment and units. 2013, Michael Herman, Intelligence Services in the Information Age, Routledge, →ISBN:
  2. (not-comparable) Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically in which the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.
    • The projects, which are due to start in November, are: Real-time prediction and mitigation of disruption through personalised passenger communications - [...] 2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23:

Forms

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realtime alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

instantaneous · synchronous

Deriveds

real-time attack · hard real-time · immediate real-time · realtimely · soft real-time · real-time strategy · near real-time

Relateds

real time

Synonyms

RT · RT

Translations (27)

vi tức thời (computer term) · ja リアルタイムの (computer term) · fi reaaliaikainen (computer term) · sh u stvarnom vremenu (computer term) · sl sproten (computer term) · ga fíor-ama (computer term) · id waktu nyata (computer term) · nb sanntids- (computer term) · fr en temps réel (computer term) · ru постоянный (computer term) · ja 実時間の (computer term) · pt em tempo real (computer term) · ka რეალურ დროში (computer term) · de in Echtzeit (computer term) · cmn 實時 /实时 (computer term) · ms masa nyata (computer term) · es de tiempo real (computer term) · it in tempo reale (computer term) · ro în timp real (computer term) · vi thời gian thực (computer term) · ru в реа́льном вре́мени (computer term) · tr eş zamanlı (computer term) · sl v realnem času (computer term) · pl w czasie rzeczywistym (computer term) · hu valós idejű (computer term) · tr gerçek zamanlı (computer term) · sv realtids- (computer term)