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Related to run time: Compile time

run time

(1)

The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer.

run time

(2)

The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing).

run time

(3)

The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective.

run time

(4)

run-time support.

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