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title: "What is a real-time system?"  
description: "What is a real-time system?"  
author: "Kalin"  
published: 2022-04-02  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "operating systems"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a real-time system?

What is a real-time [system](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13144/benefits-of-a-small-business-phone-system)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- A **real-time system** is one that is subjected to real-time constraints, i.e., the response must be assured within a specific time constraint or the system must fulfil a deadline. For instance, flight control systems, real-time monitors, and other similar devices.
- **System that operates in strict real-time:** This type of system is incapable of missing a deadline. Failure to meet the deadline could have devastating effects. If tardiness grows, the usefulness of results generated by a hard real-time system drops abruptly and may even become negative.
- **Soft real-time system:** This type of system can occasionally miss its deadline with a low likelihood. There are no dire implications if you miss the deadline. With increasing tardiness, the utility of findings generated by a soft real-time system rapidly decreases.

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