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In [[computing]], '''time-sharing''' is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of [[multiprogramming]] and [[multi-tasking]].

Its introduction in the 1960s by students and professors at Dartmouth College, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represented a major technological shift in the history of computing.

By allowing a large number of users to interact [[concurrently]] with a single computer, time-sharing dramatically lowered the cost of providing computing capability, made it possible for individuals and organizations to use a computer without owning one, and promoted the interactive use of computers and the development of new interactive [[Application software|applications].

== External Links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing Time-sharing] @ Wikipedia