The term real-time derives from its use in early simulation, in which a real-world process is simulated at a rate that matched that of the real process (now called real-time simulation to avoid ambiguity). 2.1 Real-time in digital signal processing.Systems used for many safety-critical applications must be real-time, such as for control of fly-by-wire aircraft, or anti-lock brakes, both of which demand immediate and accurate mechanical response.
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Real-time software may use one or more of the following: synchronous programming languages, real-time operating systems (RTOSes), and real-time networks, each of which provide essential frameworks on which to build a real-time software application. The term "real-time" is also used in simulation to mean that the simulation's clock runs at the same speed as a real clock, and in process control and enterprise systems to mean "without significant delay". Real-time processing fails if not completed within a specified deadline relative to an event deadlines must always be met, regardless of system load.Ī real-time system has been described as one which "controls an environment by receiving data, processing them, and returning the results sufficiently quickly to affect the environment at that time". A system not specified as operating in real time cannot usually guarantee a response within any timeframe, although typical or expected response times may be given. Real-time responses are often understood to be in the order of milliseconds, and sometimes microseconds.
Real-time programs must guarantee response within specified time constraints, often referred to as "deadlines". 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. Not to be confused with Real-time communication or Real-time clock, closely related technologies that are also often abbreviated to RTC.