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real time
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adj. Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli
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within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or
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microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the canonical example.
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Such applications often require special operating systems (because
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everything else must take a back seat to response time) and speed-tuned
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hardware. 2. adv. In jargon, refers to doing something while people are
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watching or waiting. I asked her how to find the calling procedure's program
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counter on the stack and she came up with an algorithm in real time.
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