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hard real-time

hard real-time adjective: being or relating to a system in which no latency is tolerated, one that has absolute deadlines, and if those allotted time spans are missed, a system failure will occur.

Adjective

hard real-time (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a system in which no latency is tolerated, one that has absolute deadlines, and if those allotted time spans are missed, a system failure will occur.
    Antonyms:
    soft real-time

Antonyms of hard real-time

Questions about hard real-time

What does hard real-time mean?
Hard real-time means being or relating to a system in which no latency is tolerated, one that has absolute deadlines, and if those allotted time spans are missed, a system failure will occur.
What part of speech is hard real-time?
Hard real-time is an adjective.

Words near hard real-time in the dictionary

  1. hard pulls
  2. hard pushed
  3. hard put
  4. hard r
  5. hard r's
  6. hard real-time
  7. hard redirect
  8. hard redirects
  9. hard reset
  10. hard resets
  11. hard return

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