RTOS has various meanings in the Computing category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of RTOS in Computing.
A real time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system (OS) intended to serve real-time application requests. It must be able to process data as it comes in, typically without buffering delays. Processing time requirements are measured in tenths of seconds or shorter. A key characteristic of an RTOS is the level of its consistency concerning the amount of time it takes to accept and complete an application's task, the variability is jitter.
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