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Event Time

The time an event actually occurred at its source, as opposed to processing time, when the system handles it.

Definition

Event-time windowing gives correct results even when data arrives late or out of order, which processing-time windowing cannot.

Exam tip

Out-of-order mobile or IoT data calls for event-time windows with watermarks.

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