Real-time, realtime, or real time may refer to:
Computing Real-time computing, hardware and software systems subject to a specified time constraint Real-time clock, a computer clock that keeps track of the current time Real-time Control System, a reference model architecture suitable for software-intensive, real-time computing Real-time Programming Language, a compiled database programming language which expresses work to be done by a particular time
Applications Real-time computer graphics, sub-field of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time Real-time camera, for controlling views in a 3D virtual environment Real-time communication, for interactive communication Real-time operating system, for running real-time software Real-time protection, protection enabled constantly, rather than by, for example, an antivirus scan Real-time text, transmitted as it is being typed or produced Real-time Java, for real-time programs in Java programming language Real-time disk encryption, encrypting data as it is written to disk Real-time web, whereby information is sent to users as it becomes available Live streaming, continuously delivering multimedia as the depicted events are happening Real-Time Streaming Protocol, an internet protocol for real-time media streaming Collaborative real-time editor, simultaneous editing of a document by several users Real-time simulation, simulation able to run at the same rate as reality Real-time blackhole list, a Domain Name System (DNS) blacklist Real-time Cmix, a music programming language Real-Time AudioSuite, audio plug-in software for Avid Pro Tools
Other science and technology Real-time locating system, a system used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time Real-time gross settlement, an online system for settling financial transactions Real-time kinematic, a satellite navigation technique Real-time polymerase chain reaction, a laboratory technique which monitors target DNA during the PCR
Companies Realtime Associates, an American video game developer Realtime Games Software, a defunct British video game developer Realtime Gaming, a company that develops gambling software Realtime Worlds, a Scottish game developer
Film, television and radio Real time (media), a method where events are portrayed at the same rate at which the characters experience them Real Time (Doctor Who), a webcast Real Time (film), a 2008 film RealTime (radio show), a radio show on CBC 2 Real Time (TV channel), an Italian television channel Real Time with Bill Maher, a talk/interview show on HBO
Music Real Time (The Jazztet album), 1986, by the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet Real Time (Steam album), 1996 Real Time (Van der Graaf Generator album), 2007 Realtime (C:Real album), 1997 Realtime (Shapeshifter album), 2001 Realtime (quartet), a barbershop quartet
Art and literature Real Time (2004), a novel by Pnina Moed Kass RealTime, an Australian arts magazine Real Time (art series), a series of clocks by Maarten Baas
See also
On the fly, a phrase used to describe something that is being changed while it is ongoing