Phrase guide
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noun
The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: live time
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
noun
the actual time that it takes a process to occur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
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Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
