real time
Definition 1
General: Response that appears to take place instantaneously or in the same timeframe as its real world counterpart action.
Definition 2
Computer modeling: Animations that correspond to real life situations such as an auto accident or a structure under stresses and strains.
Definition 3
Data processing: Instant updating of information as opposed to delayed updating as in batch processing.
Definition 4
Data transmission: Simultaneous transfer of data such as in a telephone conversation or video conferencing as opposed to time-shifting where data is first stored and then transmitted.
Definition 5
Electronic commerce: Immediate (usually under a minute) verification and authorization of a credit card transaction.
real time is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, E-Commerce and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
real time appears in the definitions of the following terms:
Austrian School of Economics,
compact disc-interactive (CD-I),
dynamic document,
journaling,
financial information exchange (FIX),
asynchronous transmission mode (ATM),
real time transfer protocol (RTP),
exchange,
interactive communications,
video-conferencing
and
real time appears in the other terms: real time processing, real time capability, real time testing
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