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  run-time system
       
           (RTS, run-time support, run-time) Library code
          and processes which support software written in a particular
          language running on a particular platform.  The RTS
          typically deals with details of the interface between the
          program and the operating system such as system calls,
          program start-up and termination, and memory management.
       
          (1999-07-26)