real-time processing

No delay computing

Real-time processing is computation that happens fast enough to keep pace with external events—responding to inputs as they occur rather than storing them for later.

Air traffic control systems, video games, and live audio processing all require real-time processing.

The defining constraint is that delays cause failure: The system couldn't handle real-time processing of the sensor data.

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split-second decisions · telemedicine · edge computing · deterministic · feedback loops · embedded systems · task prioritization · jitter · synchronization · milliseconds · low latency · microcontrollers · robotics · real-time · fault tolerance · smart grids · concurrent · throughput

Opposites
timing/immediacy

real-time processingbatch processing

Running queued jobs automatically

background processing · store-and-forward · post-processing

processing mode

real-time processingbatch processing

Running queued jobs automatically

batch jobs · spooling · time-sharing

synchronicity

real-time processingfire-and-forget

Requires no post-launch input

Family

processing, real time

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