run time

How long playing

Run time is the period when a computer program is actually executing, as opposed to when it's being written or compiled.

A run-time error crashes a program while it's running, not during development.

Run time also means total duration: The film has a run time of two hours.

Also spelled runtime.

Related

profiling · efficiency · performance · period · length · latency · complexity · throughput · bottleneck · finish · interval · thread · implementation · exception · debug mode · lag · process · cpu cycles

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temporal phase of execution/presentation

run timebuild time

Software assembly duration

downtime · development time · load time · idle time · setup time

duration measurement in media

run timecredits

Units toward graduation

end credits · opening credits · intermission · previews · trailers

duration vs. instantaneity

run timeinstant

Briefest unit of time

moment · flash · split second · brief

Family

runtime, runtime error, runtimes

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