time sharing

1. 1.

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

   Broadersharing

   computer science

Questions about time sharing

What does time sharing mean?

time sharing means "(computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously".

Is time sharing a common word?

time sharing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.