real time: Meaning and Definition of

re'al time'

1. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
2. the actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs.
3. at once; instantaneously.

re•al-time

1. of or pertaining to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.