1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular
computer.
2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a
particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see
time-sharing).
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.
4. run-time support.
(2001-09-14)
Nearby terms:
runic « run-length encoding « Run Length Limited « run time » run-time environment » run-time error » run-time library
