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real time
1[ ree-uhl, reel ]
noun
- 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.
- the actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs.
real-time
2[ ree-uhl-tahym, reel- ]
adjective
- of or relating to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.
real-time
adjective
- denoting or relating to a data-processing system in which a computer receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc, and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data
real-time
- A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of real time1
Idioms and Phrases
- in real time, Informal. at once; instantaneously.
Example Sentences
Referee Barrott felt the challenge was reckless in real time and VAR Paul Tierney deemed that call not to be a clear and obvious error.
These people have an extreme, autocratic, authoritarian agenda and we are seeing it unfold in real time before our eyes.
“The public does have an overwhelming interest in knowing how the Fire Department was responding to this crisis in real time,” he said.
Hegseth added that his job is to "provide updates in real time".
The Department of Work and Pensions is rolling in real time data.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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