real time

¹

[ ree-uhl, reel ]

noun

1. 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.
2. the actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs.

real-time

²

[ ree-uhl-tahym, reel- ]

adjective

, Computers.

1. 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

1. 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

1. A term used to describe computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data.

Word History and Origins

Origin of real time¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in real time, Informal. at once; instantaneously.

Example Sentences

Once you install the sandboxed Sqreen agent, it analyzes your application in real time to find vulnerabilities in your code or your configuration.

From TechCrunch

For the previous games, Gold said Grey pulled out all the stops with massive pin boards where teammates could game plan content and join social conversation in real time.

From Digiday

When the full history is finally written, the depth of those failures will likely shock even those of us who have followed it closely in real time.

From Vox

We get to see what’s happening, but we do not get to interact in real time.

From MIT Technology Review

“You better believe the large sophisticated firms in the space have technology to tell them about what’s happening in the world in real time,” Eifert said.

From Washington Post

The assessment of the strikes comes in real-time video from the aircraft.

From The Daily Beast

Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.

From The Daily Beast

Currently, real-time surveillance systems of disease do not exist.

From The Daily Beast

State and public health agencies work similarly, but nothing is reported in real-time.

From The Daily Beast

The on-stage musicians perform Basetrack Live with both instruments and samples, cueing up videos and sounds in real time.

From The Daily Beast

In a word, his real time of relief being that evening at sunset, his mate came lounging in, within a quarter of an hour.

From Project Gutenberg

It can also perform most of the calculations necessary for real-time guidance of the course of the experiments.

From Project Gutenberg

A special input register may be connected to operate as a Real Time Clock.

From Project Gutenberg

The location of both the individual and his unit can be measured in real time in meters, if not feet, anywhere in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Denying or deceiving the adversary, including real-time manipulation of senses and inputs, is part of this control.

From Project Gutenberg