real time

And what was important about it is it was the first computer, digital computer, that operated in real time. So it was this big evolution in computing technology where you could actually see on a display, with a CRT display, you could see real time graphics and text with this oscilloscope screen.

Peter Bauman, Georg Bak on the Analog Era: 1950s Art

I have some pieces at the Museum of Science in Boston, one at MIT, and one at the Museum of Mathematics in New York. Plus I’m installing one at the Boston Children's Hospital. These involve fluid flow, particle systems, reaction diffusion, and so on, simulated in real time so visitors can play around and experiment.

Karl Sims, Karl Sims & Alexander Mordvintsev on Merging Technology and Biology