Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clock; contrasted with the (possibly inaccurate) time according to a computer system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation, as opposed to CPU time, which only includes the periods of time during which the CPU was processing instructions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: clock time, elapsed real time, real-world time, wall-clock time
Antonyms: none provided
History
Ellipsis of wall-clock time.
