real-time attack

English

Etymology

Blend of real-time +‎ time attack.

Noun

real-time attack (countable and uncountable, plural real-time attacks)

1. (video games, speedrunning) A non-tool-assisted speedrun of a game that is timed using a separate timer from that of any in-game timer.
2. (video games, speedrunning) The timing method itself used to time such speedruns. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Alternative forms

• RTA (initialism)