wall time (English, noun)
expansion: wall time (uncountable)
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topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clock; contrasted with the (possibly inaccurate) time according to a computer system.
tags: uncountable
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation, as opposed to CPU time, which only includes the periods of time during which the CPU was processing instructions.
tags: uncountable
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