In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking. Its introduction in the 1960s, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represented a major technological shift in the history of computing. By allowing a large number of users to interact concur...
in data processing, method of operation in which multiple users with different programs interact nearly simultaneously with the central processing ... [6 related articles]
a mode of operation of a data processing system that provides for the interleaving in time of two or more processes in one processor
[n] - (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously
noun (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously