Time-sharing
From Wiki @ Karl Jones dot com
In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multi-tasking.
Description
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 applications.
See also
- Application software
- Computer network
- Computer science
- Computing
- Computer multitasking
- Concurrent computing
- User (computing)
External Links
- Time-sharing @ Wikipedia
