Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun real-time

2 senses of real time

Sense 1
real time -- (the actual time that it takes a process to occur; "information is updated in real time")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 2
real time -- ((computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur)
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Similarity of adj real-time

1 sense of real-time

Sense 1
real-time -- (of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information)