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English

Noun

  1. The joint ownership or lease of a property by multiple people who can only use it for specified periods each year.
  2. A technique that allows many users to use a central computer simultaneously through remote terminals.


Derived terms


Verb form

time-sharing


fr:time-sharing vi:time-sharing

FOLDOC time-sharing

(Or "timesharing") An operating system
feature allowing several users to run several tasks
concurrently on one processor, or in parallel on many
processors, usually providing each user with his own terminal
for input and output. time-sharing is multitasking for
multiple users.

(1998-04-24)


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