At the same time, simultaneously An event where two or more people communicate simultaneously, similar to the way people speak on a telephone at the same time This is in contrast to time-shifting, where one person leaves a message and the other person responds later
Communicating on the Internet at the same time or simultaneously, such as in chat rooms This is in contrast to time-shifting, where one person leaves a message and the other person responds later, such as in e-mail
(1) (n ) An event or system that must receive a response to some stimulus within a narrow, predictable time frame, provided that the response is not strongly dependent on highly variable system-performance parameters, such as a processor load or interface latency (2) (n ) The accelerated graphics processing that makes objects appear to move naturally and at a realistic speed Also, the visual result of some combination of effective transformation algorithms, fine-tuning of the graphics software to the graphics hardware, and graphics accelerators
A real time program does all calculations while the current frame is being updated and manipulates a large amount of data They typically have large amounts of computations and have to be well organized and highly optimized An example would be a three dimensional simulator The opposite would be a word processor or spreadsheet, where all of the data is incrementally processed
(computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur
Occurring immediately The term is used to describe a number of different computer features For example, real-time operating systems are systems that respond to input immediately They are used for such tasks as navigation, in which the computer must react to a steady flow of new information without interruption Most general-purpose operating systems are not real-time because they can take a few seconds, or even minutes, to react
The actual timing of an event or process For example, if a video of an interview is displayed on the Web in 'real time', this is the actual length of time over which the interview was conducted
A real-time stock or bond quote is one that states a security's most recent offer to sell or bid (buy) Different from a delayed quote, which shows the same bid and ask prices 15 minutes and sometimes 20 minutes after a trade takes place
The actual passage of time Any event that occurs in real time indicates that the event is happening, as we would see it, in actual time Recording video in real time would require about 30 frames per second
Occurring at the same time as other, usually human, activities In real-time sequence recording, timing information is encoded along with the note data by analyzing the timing of the input In real-time editing, changes in parameter settings can be heard immediately, without the need to play a new note or wait for computational processes to be completed
{i} nickname for a calculation methodology whereby the computer arranges information quickly and reacts in a short period of time; actual time which passes during some act or operation
Time in which reporting on events or recording of events is simultaneous with the events
1 [techspeak] adj Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds) Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example Such applications often require special operating systems (because everything else must take a back seat to response time) and speed-tuned hardware 2 adv In jargon, refers to doing something while people are watching or waiting "I asked her how to find the calling procedure's program counter on the stack and she came up with an algorithm in real time "
If something is done in real time, there is no noticeable delay between the action and its effect or consequence. umpires, who have to make every decision in real time
the actual time that it takes a process to occur; "information is updated in real time"
A terms which refers to computer output in an immediate time frame In other words, up-to-date information is available without delay
When you and another user are linked at the same time, as with the "talk" function On the other hand, e-mail communication is delayed Reboot--Start up a computer again S
A transmission or data processing operational mode in which the data is entered in an interactive (two-way communicating) session; an application where response to input is fast enough to affect later data input
Refers to the utmost level of timeliness regarding the transmission, processing, and/or use of information A firm that collects and uses customer data in real time can manage relationships with individual customers much more effectively See also Zero Latency