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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 runplay

2. (computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software programplay

  Familiarity information: RUN-TIME used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUN-TIME (noun)


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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