real-time system

real-time system

[′rēl ¦tīm ′sis·təm]

(computer science)

A system in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

real-time system

A computer system that responds to input signals fast enough to keep an operation moving at its required speed. Examples are gaming computers and videoconferencing systems as well as computers used to control airplanes, space shuttles and self-driving cars. See real-time information system and real time.

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