Real-time, realtime, or real time may refer to:

Computing

Real-time computing Real-time computing (RTC) is the computer science term for hardware and software systems subject to a "real-time constraint", for example from event to system response. Real-time programs must guarantee response within specified time constrai ...

, hardware and software systems subject to a specified time constraint * Real-time clock, a computer clock that keeps track of the current time * Real-time Control System, a reference model architecture suitable for software-intensive, real-time computing *

Real-time Programming Language Real-time Programming Language (RPL) is a compiled database programming language used on CMC/Microdata/McDonnell Douglas REALITY databases, derived and expanded from the PROC procedure language, with much extra functionality added. It was origin ...

, a compiled database programming language which expresses work to be done by a particular time

Applications

* Real-time computer graphics, sub-field of computer graphics focused on producing and analyzing images in real time *

Real-time camera In 3D video games, a virtual camera system aims at controlling a camera or a set of cameras to display a view of a 3D virtual world. Camera systems are used in video games where their purpose is to show the action at the best possible angle; m ...

, for controlling views in a 3D virtual environment * Real-time communication, for interactive communication * Real-time operating system, for running real-time software *

Real-time protection Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the nam ...

, protection enabled constantly, rather than by, say, a

virus scan Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the nam ...

* Real-time text, transmitted as it is being typed or produced *

Real time Java Real time Java is a catch-all term for a combination of technologies that enables programmers to write computer program, programs that meet the demands of real-time computing, real-time systems in the Java (programming language), Java programming ...

, for real-time programs in

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

Real-time disk encryption Disk encryption is a technology which protects information by converting it into unreadable code that cannot be deciphered easily by unauthorized people. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software or hardware to encrypt every bit of data that g ...

, encrypting data as it is written to disk * Real-time web, whereby information is sent to users as it becomes available *

Live streaming Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but no ...

, continuously delivering multimedia as the depicted events are happening *

Real-Time Streaming Protocol The Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is an application-level network protocol designed for multiplexing and packetizing multimedia transport streams (such as interactive media, video and audio) over a suitable transport protocol. RTSP is us ...

internet protocol The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. IP h ...

for real-time media streaming *

Collaborative real-time editor A collaborative real-time editor is a type of collaborative software or web application which enables real-time collaborative editing, simultaneous editing, or live editing of the same digital document, computer file or cloud-stored data – suc ...

, simultaneous editing of a document by several users * Real-time simulation, simulation able to run at the same rate as reality * Real-time blackhole list, a

DNS The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and other resources in the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It associates various information with domain names assigned to ...

blacklist * Real-time Cmix, a music

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language. The description of a programming ...

* Real-Time AudioSuite, audio plug-in software for Avid Pro Tools

Other science and technology

Real-time locating system Real-time locating systems (RTLS), also known as real-time tracking systems, are used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time, usually within a building or other contained area. Wireless RTLS tags are ...

, a system used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time * Real-time gross settlement, an online system for settling financial transactions *

Real-time kinematic Real-time kinematic positioning (RTK) is the application of surveying to correct for common errors in current satellite navigation (GNSS) systems. It uses measurements of the phase of the signal's carrier wave in addition to the information con ...

, a satellite navigation technique * Real-time polymerase chain reaction, a laboratory technique which monitors target DNA during the PCR

Companies

Realtime Associates Realtime Associates is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1986 by David Warhol and a group of ex-Mattel Electronics employees originally to create games for the Intellivision system. Since then, the compa ...

, an American video game developer * Realtime Games Software, a defunct British video game developer *

Realtime Gaming Realtime Gaming (RTG) is an online casino company developing download-based casino software, licensed by various operators running their owbranded RTG-powered casino sites The company was established in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, but moved all develo ...

, a company that develops gambling software * Realtime Worlds, a Scottish game developer

Film, television and radio

Real time (media) Real time within the media is a method in which events are portrayed at the same rate at which they occur in the plot. For example, if a film told in real time is two hours long, then the plot of that movie covers two hours of fictional time. If a ...

, a method where events are portrayed at the same rate at which the characters experience them * ''Real Time'' (Doctor Who), a webcast * ''Real Time'' (film), a 2008 film * ''RealTime'' (radio show), a radio show on CBC 2 *

Real Time (TV channel) Real Time (Discovery Real Time until August 31, 2010) is an Italian television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. The channel launched on October 1, 2005, becoming the sixth Discovery network to launch in Italy. It showed lifestyle pro ...

, an Italian television channel * ''

Real Time with Bill Maher ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' is an American television talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Much like his previous series ''Politically Incorrect'' on Comedy Central and later on ABC, ''Real Ti ...

'', a talk show on HBO

Music

* ''Real Time'' (The Jazztet album), 1986, by the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet * ''Real Time'' (Steam album), 1996 * ''Real Time'' (Van der Graaf Generator album), 2007 * ''Realtime'' (C:Real album), 1997 * ''Realtime'' (Shapeshifter album), 2001 *

Realtime (quartet) Realtime is a barbershop quartet that won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Championship in 2005. They finished seventh-place the previous year (the first ever top-ten finish for a western-Canadian quartet). Lead singer John ...

, a barbershop quartet

Art and literature

*''Real Time'' (2004), a novel by Pnina Moed Kass * ''

RealTime ''RealTime'', also known as ''RealTime Arts'', was a free Australian arts magazine, published by Open City in print from 1994 until 2015 and online from 1996 to December 2017. History The free national arts magazine ''RealTime'', also known as ...

'', an Australian arts magazine *

Real Time (art series) Real Time is an art installation series by Dutch designer Maarten Baas. It consists of works in which people manually create and erase the hands on a clock each minute. The first works in the series were launched in April 2009. They consist of vi ...

, a series of clocks by Maarten Baas