TIME SHARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time sharing mean? 

• TIME SHARING (noun)
  The noun TIME SHARING has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously

  Familiarity information: TIME SHARING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME SHARING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("time sharing" is a kind of...):

sharing (using or enjoying something jointly with others)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)