real-time operation

/taɪm ˈɑpəˌreɪʃən/
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Definitions of real-time operation
  1. noun
    data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process
    synonyms: real-time processing
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    type of:
    data processing
    (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
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