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by jdlshore 5126 days ago
This complaint is getting a bit tiring. It's clear from the context that the author is talking about the real-time web, not real-time computing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_web

Do you have a better term to describe web-based systems that offer the appearance (to humans) of instant communication with the web server?