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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>real time</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="Real-Soon-Now.html" title="Real Soon Now"/><link rel="next" href="real-user.html" title="real user"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">real time</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Real-Soon-Now.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="real-user.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="real-time"/><dt xmlns="" id="real-time"><b>real time</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [techspeak] <span class="grammar">adj.</span> Describes an
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application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some
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small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds).
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Process control at a chemical plant is the <a href="../C/canonical.html"><i class="glossterm">canonical</i></a>
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example. Such applications often require special operating systems
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(because everything else must take a back seat to response time) and
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speed-tuned hardware. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">adv.</span> In jargon, refers to
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doing something while people are watching or waiting. “<span class="quote">I asked her
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how to find the calling procedure's program counter on the stack and she
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came up with an algorithm in real time.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Real-Soon-Now.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="real-user.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Real Soon Now </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> real user</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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