run time

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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)