hard real-time system
computer science
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A hard real-time system is a computer system that must guarantee its responses within strict, predetermined deadlines. These systems are embedded in machinery and interact with their environment by taking in data from sensors and responding accordingly.12
In hard real-time systems, missing a deadline can lead to catastrophic failure. An example is an aircraft control system, where
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