Computers. a system or service in which a number of users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer for different purposes.
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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.
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
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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
time-share
adjective
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denoting, relating to, or forming part of time sharing of property: time-share villas
