real time

Speech parts

1. real time - Noun

2. real time - Adjective

Meaning

(computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur

the actual time that it takes a process to occur

of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information

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real-time

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Examples

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it. Vince Neil

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time. Alain de Botton

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time. Daniel Goleman

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them. John Banville

The future of communicating with customers rests in engaging with them through every possible channel: phone, e-mail, chat, Web, and social networks. Customers are discussing a company's products and brand in real time. Companies need to join the conversation. Marc Benioff

The cine-camera and television set allow us to perceive slow motion. The concept of anything other than real time had never occurred to anybody until the first slow-motion movies were shown, and this radically altered people's perceptions of nature. J. G. Ballard

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