Definitions[]
Communications[]
Real-time is
| “ | [t]he absence of significant time delay in the acquisition, transmission and reception of information.[1] | ” |
Computing[]
Real-time is usually used to describe situations when two or more people are interacting via their computers instantaneously, versus delayed back-and-forth communication, such as with instant messaging.
As noted by one court:
| “ | In addition to transmitting messages that can be later read or accessed, individuals on the Internet can engage in an immediate dialog, in 'real time', with other people on the Internet.[2] | ” |
General[]
Real-time is time in which reporting on events or recording of events is simultaneous with the events.
Process control[]
Real-time
| “ | [p]ertaining to the performance of a computation during the actual time that the related physical process transpires so that the results of the computation can be used to guide the physical process.[3] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ Glossary of Communication Electronic Terms, at 2-129.
- ↑ American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno, 929 F. Supp. 824, 835 (E.D. Pa. 1996) (full-text), aff'd, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997) (full-text).
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-82, at B-6.