[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

wall time n. also `wall clock time' 1. `real world' time what the
   clock on the wall shows, as opposed to the system clock's idea of time.
   2. the real running time of a program, as opposed to the number of
   ticks required to execute it on a timesharing system these always
   differ, as no one program gets all the ticks, and on multiprocessor
   systems with good thread support one may get more processor time than
   real time.


see also:
tick 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

wall time
     
        or "wall clock time" 1. "real world" time what the clock on
        the wall shows, as opposed to the system clock's idea of
        time.
     
        2. the real running time of a program, as opposed to the
        number of ticks required to execute it on a time-sharing
        system these always differ, as no one program gets all the
        ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support
        one may get more processor time than real time.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
system clock tick time-sharing jargon file 

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