It seems like you’re confusing your favorite term of art for definitions. One listed valid definition of “runtime” is “the amount of time that a program takes t

It seems like you’re confusing your favorite term of art for definitions. One listed valid definition of “runtime” is “the amount of time that a program takes to perform a task”, and as such it’s valid to use the word that way in any context. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/runtime https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng... Also worth keeping in mind that usage defines what words mean. If a given usage is common, that makes it de-facto correct, and eventually the dictionary will catch up. This one reason why the dictionaries keep adding new definitions. Since you’re incorrect about the definitions, and since the meaning of the word runtime was correct in the top comment and understood by everyone reading, and never confused in this thread, the context does not matter here in this case. I’ve learned from a lot of experience being wrong that the problem with trying to police language is you’re almost never right. Words are beautifully fluid and have multiple and surprising meanings. It’s common for people to mistakenly think the meaning they know is the only meaning, and not be aware of the wider history and usage. So, speaking from experience in the role of English pedant, and getting rightly smacked down, be careful or you end up on the wrong side of your corrections.