"real time" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːəl ˈtaɪm/, /ˈɹiːl ˈtaɪm/
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} real time (uncountable)
  1. (computing) The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-real_time-en-noun-gTQdwH7r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 52 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-real_time-en-noun-ads3WJDU Disambiguation of Time: 11 53 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 52 4
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-real_time-en-noun-Yg6tAkXw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: real-time, realtime Translations (time duration): 實時 (Chinese Mandarin), 实时 (shíshí) (Chinese Mandarin), tosiaika (Finnish), reaaliaika (Finnish), temps réel [masculine] (French), რეალური დრო (realuri dro) (Georgian), Echtzeit [feminine] (German), リアルタイム (riarutaimu) (Japanese), 実時間 (jitsujikan) (alt: じつじかん) (Japanese), czas rzeczywisty [masculine] (Polish), реа́льное вре́мя (reálʹnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), tiempo real [masculine] (Spanish), realtid [common-gender] (Swedish), tức thời (Vietnamese), thời gian thực (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'time duration': 35 40 24

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