English Explanatory Dictionary

wall time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clock; contrasted with the (possibly inaccurate) time according to a computer system.
  2. The actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation, as opposed to CPU time, which only includes the periods of time during which the CPU was processing instructions.

Word forms

wall time

Etymology

Ellipsis of wall-clock time.

Synonyms

clock time elapsed real time real-world time wall-clock time

Related words

delta time
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