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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
wall time
(Or "wall clock time") 1. "Real world" time (what the clock on
the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's idea of
time.
2. The real running time of a program, as opposed to the
number of ticks required to execute it (on a time-sharing
system these always differ, as no one program gets all the
ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support
one may get more processor time than real time).
[{Jargon File]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
wall time n. (also `wall clock time') 1. `Real world' time (what the
clock on the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's idea of time.
2. The real running time of a program, as opposed to the number of
ticks required to execute it (on a timesharing system these always
differ, as no one program gets all the ticks, and on multiprocessor
systems with good thread support one may get more processor time than
real time).
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wall time
n.
1 (lb en computing) 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 (lb en computing) 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.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wall time
n.
1 (lb en computing) 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 (lb en computing) 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.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wall time
n.
1 (lb en computing) 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 (lb en computing) 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.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wall time
n.
1 (lb en computing) 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 (lb en computing) 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.
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