Meaning of "real time"..?

[nq:1]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. What does it mean?[/nq]
Have you heard of the web? Google can find answers sometimes almost in real time:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=real+time
[nq:1]Does it mean the same today as it did, say, 10-15 years ago?[/nq]
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[nq:1]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. What does it mean? Does it mean the same today as it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
It's an expression that has been worrying me a little for some thirty years. I think it's generally best to ignore it as a piece of meaningless advertising language: they seem to mean only what broadcasters mean by "live" you see

[nq:1]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. What does it mean? Does it mean the same today as it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
Well, I think real time does have an important meaning, but to make Mike happy, I thought I would give you an example I just came across that I can't understand. The word is in the third line from the bottom:
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[nq:1]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. What does it mean? Does it mean the same today as it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
The dictionary used by the Infoplease.com Web site is the *Random House Unabridged Dictionary,* Copyright 1997, that is, eight years ago. The first definition applies to computers. The following is the second definition for "real

[nq:2]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. ... it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
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Real time protection is

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In computing settings, "real time" always refers

[nq:2]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. ... it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
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[nq:2]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. ... it did, say, 10-15 years ago? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
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[nq:1]In computing settings, "real time" always refers to data transactions initiated and completed as part of one operation. ...[/nq]
Um, no, not exactly. It refers to operations that must be completed within a short time limit, before events external to the computer render them useless. For example, a computer that's steering a vehicle must determine which way to steer at a particular point

[nq:1]I see the phrase or word-pair "real time" a lot. What does it mean? Does it mean the same today as it did, say, 10-15 years ago?[/nq]
In the medical world, it generally refers to real-time electronic imaging, for example, ultrasound, portable flouroscopy. or real-time computed tomography imaging. This differs from traditional imaging techniques, such as X-ray, because you can see what is