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real time definition

☆ real time

time in which the occurrence of an event and the reporting or recording of it are almost simultaneous
real-time definition

☆ real-time (rēl′tīm′)

adjective

of or pertaining to a mode of computer operation in which the computer collects data, computes with it, and uses the results to control a process as it happens

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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