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Wikibooks - Embedded Systems/Real-Time Operating Systems

A Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) is a computing environment that reacts to input within a specific time period. A real-time deadline can be so small that system reaction appears instantaneous. The term real-time computing has also been used, however, to describe 'slow real-time' output that has a longer, but fixed, time limit. Learning the difference between real-time and standard operating systems is as easy as imagining yourself in a...
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