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Time-sharing computer systems

LC control no.sh 85135434
LC classificationQA76.53
Topical headingTime-sharing computer systems
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Variant(s)Computer timesharing
Timesharing (Computers)
See alsoComputer systems
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Data processing service centers
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Computer scheduling
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Online data processing
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Found inUMI business vocab.
Wikipedia, via WWW, Feb. 22, 2006 (time-sharing refers to sharing a computing resource among many users by multitasking; mainframes and minicomputers were extremely expensive, it was rarely possible to allow a single user exclusive access to the machine for interactive use)