real time

Definitions

1. The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task.
   uncountable
2. The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc).
   uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"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].”

“Additional data services, such as album art, artist information and advertising logos, interactive user functions, as well as weather and traffic updates in real time [exist⟳].”

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