time-sharing.

1. Sharing a resource among users or tasks by allocating periods of access.

2. An arrangement in which people share use of a property through allocated periods.

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Words that belong together

• computer time-sharing
• time-sharing system

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The old terminal depended on a time-sharing system.

Time-sharing gave each user access without a dedicated machine.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.