wall time
The actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clockThe actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clock; contrasted with the (possibly inaccurate) time according to a computer system.
» I'm going to paint the walls blue this time.
На этот раз я покрашу стены в синий.
На этот раз я покрашу стены в синий цвет.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The actual time of day, as would be seen on a wall clock; contrasted with the (possibly inaccurate) time according to a computer system.
(uncountable)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.
Examples
3 sentencesI'm going to paint the walls blue this time.
ruНа этот раз я покрашу стены в синий. — nina99nv
The clock on the wall says it's time to wake up!
Ziri hit the wall four times.
Origin
Ellipsis of wall-clock time.Ellipsis of wall-clock time.
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Synonyms
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