Communicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.
It will provide a wireless navigation service that can deliver turn-by-turn route guidance and real-time traffic and weather information. Motorola is the first company to create such a solution, […]2001, Automotive Engineering International:
Audiences tolerate the idea of Roxy Hart turning from a “real-time” conversation with her husband or lawyer and launching into a song about her dreams and ambitions. And in the old days, movie audiences did the same: Judy Garland could ...2004, William J. Mann, Gay Pride: A Celebration Of All Things Gay And Lesbian, Citadel Press, →ISBN:
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This may nevertheless require some re-drawing of boundaries, to integrate real- time or near-real-time intelligence collection with the other means of locating, identifying and tracking major military equipment and units.2013, Michael Herman, Intelligence Services in the Information Age, Routledge, →ISBN:
If not real-time, in-person backup, he at least needed to tell Davenport what was going on, and where he was headed.2014, John Sandford, Deadline: A Virgil Flowers Novel, Penguin, →ISBN, page 167:
All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information.2020 December 30, Paul Stephen, “Chirk station is truly blooming”, in Rail, page 48:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically in which the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.
The projects, which are due to start in November, are: Real-time prediction and mitigation of disruption through personalised passenger communications - [...]2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23:
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task.
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The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc).
"It's intelligence in real time, but you have to know where you're looking and what you're after." Government sources told The Washington Post that the program had had little discernible impact on the government's ability to prevent terrorist [attacks].2009, John C. Conyers, Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 158:
Additional data services, such as album art, artist information and advertising logos, interactive user functions, as well as weather and traffic updates in real time [exist].2016, Jerry C. Whitaker, The SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook: A Hands-on Guide to Station Design and Maintenance, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 11:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time.