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time sharing Last modified: Sunday, September 01, 1996
Refers to the concurrent use of a computer by more than one user -- users share the computer's time. Time sharing is synonymous with multi-user. Almost all mainframes and minicomputers are time-sharing systems, but most personal computers and workstations are not.
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