Buzzwords Debunked

Real-Time

Real-time is a claim that information updates the instant something happens. In most software it actually means the numbers refresh on a schedule, every few minutes, every night, or whenever someone reloads the page. No rule says how fresh the data must be before a vendor is allowed to call it real-time.

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