Definitions for real-time

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real-time re·al-time

Spelling: [ree-uh l-tahym, reel-]

IPA: /ˈri əlˈtaɪm, ˈril-/

Real-Time is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 357 anagrams from letters in real-time (-aeeilmrt).

Definitions for real-time

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.

Idioms

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

adjective

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.

Origin of real-time

First recorded in 1950-55

Examples for real-time

Could a written report of the operation substitute for the real-time event?

He could come up with a bass line in real-time as Daniel played.

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

real-time interaction is fundamental to the context of focusing on nano-scale.

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

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

Waze is a GPS-like smartphone app that provides drivers with up-to-the-minute, real-time updates on road conditions.

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

The progress of the caravan of SUVs and buses ferrying the embassy staff out to Tunisia was monitored in real-time in Washington.

But its real-time format—so thrilling in the early seasons—ultimately straightjacketed the show.