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by atonse 1428 days ago
In fact this difference is clear in cars.

The OS that runs the ECU (engine control, sometimes other such safety systems), sometimes things like brakes, is an rtos because delays can cause death.

But the OS running your driver systems, music player, WiFi, climate control, etc is a non real-time OS, more like android, and that’s reflected in the delays you can sometimes see.