"real-time" = ?(of a message) instantaneous; "palfrey" = medieval warhorse; charger

[Jonathan Lighter]

Close, Ben, but today's usage attached it to the *message* and not to the
system itself.

JL
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Benjamin Zimmer <
bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > This a.m. on CNN somebody mentioned that you can now get "real-time
> Tweets
> > on your Blackberry."  Sounds like the start of the Canterbury Tales.
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> Seems to fit the definition of "real-time" given in many current
> dictionaries, such as NOAD2:
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> _real-time_ (Computing) of or relating to a system in which input data
> is processed within milliseconds so that it is available virtually
> immediately as feedback, e.g., in a missile guidance or airline
> booking system: _real-time signal processing_.
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> OED's got it from 1946.
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