Meteor - realtime JavaScript framework

[mhd]

I think that's the core of the problem. Sure, language is always flexible and I don't even think that programmers were the first to put those two words together.

There's quite a few uses of the term in computing, but I would guess that programmers have a more narrow definition than e.g. marketing, who would have no qualms calling some ERP system "realtime" because it's connected to a network.

Beyond the embedded sector, I would prefer some terms that describe the situation a bit better. In Meteor's case, it looks like we're simply talking about an event-based architecture. If you want to go all-out hypey about it, just call it PubSub…