real-time

re·al-time (rl-tm, rl-)

adj.

Of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate as they receive data, enabling them to direct or control a process such as an automatic pilot.

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real-time

adj

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) denoting or relating to a data-processing system in which a computer receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc., and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data

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Adj.

1.

real-time - of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures