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RUN-TIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does run-time mean?
• RUN-TIME (noun)
The noun RUN-TIME has 2 senses:
1. the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run
2. (computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program
Familiarity information: RUN-TIME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("run-time" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("run-time" is a kind of...):
run (the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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