Real time

/ˈɹiːəl ˈtaɪm/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task. uncountable
  2. 2
    (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur wordnet
  3. 3
    The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc). uncountable

    ""It's intelligence in real time, but you have to know where you're looking and what you're after." Government sources told The Washington Post that the program had had little discernible impact on the government's ability to prevent terrorist [attacks]."

  4. 4
    the actual time that it takes a process to occur wordnet
  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
current status indicatorcurrent system statelivelive statusonline processing algorithm

Example

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""It's intelligence in real time, but you have to know where you're looking and what you're after." Government sources told The Washington Post that the program had had little discernible impact on the government's ability to prevent terrorist [attacks]."

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