time-sharing
Computers. a system or service in which a number of users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer for different purposes.
Also time-share. a plan in which persons share ownership or rental costs of a vacation home, especially a condominium, entitling each participant to use the residence for a specified time each year.
Origin of time-sharing
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How to use time-sharing in a sentence
Stephen Colbert was back on the airwaves Monday and wasted no time sharing details from his latest celebrity encounter.
Marie Colvin’s Final Interview, Obama Sings Again, More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | February 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, in large, expensive systems time-sharing can be very useful.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.Accessibility of the system for programming could be improved by running a simple time-sharing monitor on it.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.Two years after operation commenced, the first satisfactory time-sharing monitor was completed and put into service.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.With exalted military genius he guided every movement, at the same time sharing the toil of the humblest soldier.
Henry IV, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for time sharing
a system of part ownership of a property, such as a flat or villa, for use as a holiday home, whereby each participant buys the right to use the property for the same fixed period annually
(as modifier): a time-sharing system
a system by which users at different terminals of a computer can, because of its high speed, apparently communicate with it at the same time: Compare batch processing
(as modifier): a time-sharing computer
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