Is the term 'real-time' understood outside the tech community?

1. What does real-time mean in technology?
2. What is considered real-time?
3. What is the meaning of real-time and non real-time?
4. What does real-time mean in networking?

What does real-time mean in technology?

The description for an operating system that responds to an external event within a short and predictable time frame. Unlike a batch or time-sharing operating system, a real-time operating system provides services or control to independent ongoing physical processes.

What is considered real-time?

Real time is a guaranteed level of computer responsiveness within a specified time constraint, usually milliseconds or microseconds, between an event and its response deadline. Real time describes a human sense of time (rather than machine time) that seems immediate.

What is the meaning of real-time and non real-time?

Real-time task is the task that is associated with time bound. Non-real-time task is not associated with time bound. It can be expressed as quantitative expression of time.

What does real-time mean in networking?

Real-time communications (RTC) is any mode of telecommunications in which all users can exchange information instantly or with negligible latency or transmission delays. In this context, the term real-time is synonymous with live. In RTC, there is always a direct path between the source and the destination.