running time

English

Noun

running time (countable and uncountable, plural running times)

1. The duration of a film or other recorded work.
   • 2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Kingsman’s two-hour 20-minute running time could have been shaved by around a fifth, without losing a great deal.

2. (computer science) Of an algorithm, the length of time required for it to run as a function, depending on the number of operations executed.

Derived terms

• total running time

Translations

duration of recorded work

• Portuguese: duração (pt) m
• Swedish: speltid (sv)