It is another classic confusion between a definition in technical jargon (maybe even a formal definition) and the vernacular. Real-time for most people means "i

It is another classic confusion between a definition in technical jargon (maybe even a formal definition) and the vernacular. Real-time for most people means "instantaneous," and definitions of latency are not considered. So it is a shorthand for "low-latency" without a rooted understanding latency at all.