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real time Last modified: Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Occurring immediately. The term is used to describe a number of different computer features. For example, real-time operating systems are systems that respond to input immediately. They are used for such tasks as navigation, in which the computer must react to a steady flow of new information without interruption. Most general-purpose operating systems are not real-time because they can take a few seconds, or even minutes, to react. Real time can also refer to events simulated by a computer at the same speed that they would occur in real life. In graphics animation, for example, a real-time program would display objects moving across the screen at the same speed that they would actually move.
IEEE Technical Committee On Real Time Systems  Home page of the IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (IEEE-CS TC-RTS). Contains numerous resources for real time conferences, research, publications, products, and related Web sites. CMX-RTX real time operating system Product feature page for the CMS-RTX real time multitasking operating system for microprocessors and microcomputers. On Time home page The On Time site provides information on their real-time multitasking kernel for C and PASCAL, and the cross development system for 32-bit embedded systems. Real Time Computing Laboratory University of Michigan's Real Time Computing Laboratory home page. Here, you can find links to current research projects focusing on services for embedded real-time applications, interconnection networks, and a real-time multicomputer. Real -Time Reality Businesses are finding that pretty fast is now too slow. Real-Time and Distributed Systems Research Group Home page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Real-Time and Distributed Systems Research Group. It contains links to current research projects as well as technical papers. Real-Time and RTOS Computing Resources List of sites related to real time operating systems and programming. Real-Time Encyclopedia Provides information about real-time issues and embedded systems' design. The site includes Real-Time Magazine, which focuses on major topics in the real-time market and includes a section on products and companies. Additionally, this site host links to frequently asked questions, publications, information for system developers, and technology and market overviews. RTMX operating system information page Provides product information for the RTMX real time operating system, including features and supported CPU types. In addition, there are links to related real time computing Web sites. Yahoo!'s real time systems page Yahoo!'s directory of real time systems.	Related Categories Operating Systems Related Terms Ada ANNA isochronous new media operating system OS/9 RTT