The time it takes to service an interrupt. It becomes a critical factor when servicing real-time functions such as a communications line. See UART overrun. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Linux was originally written as a general-purpose operating system without any consideration for real-time applications. Recently Linux has become attractive to the real-time community due to its low ...

Normal execution of a given software application is contained within the bounds of one program, or instruction stream. Such execution is provable, as well as traceable. However, system designers and ...