Time-sharing

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This article is about the computing term. For the type of property ownership, see Timeshare.

For time sharing of communications media, see Time-division multiple access.

History of computing

Hardware

 Hardware before 1960

 Hardware 1960s to present

Software

 Software
 Unix
 Free software and open-source software

Computer science

 Artificial intelligence
 Compiler construction
 Computer science
 Operating systems
 Programming languages
 Prominent pioneers
 Software engineering

Modern concepts

 General-purpose CPUs
 Graphical user interface
 Internet
 Laptops
 Personal computers
 Video games
 World Wide Web

By country
  Bulgaria
 Poland
 Romania
 Soviet Bloc
 Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia

Timeline of computing

 before 1950
 1950–1979
 1980–1989
 1990–1999
 2000–2009
 2010–2019
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Glossary of computer science

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In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users at the same
time by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking.[1]
Its emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s represented a major technological
shift in the history of computing. By allowing many 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, [2] and promoted the
interactive use of computers and the development of new interactive applications.

Contents

 1History

o 1.1Batch processing

o 1.2Time-sharing

o 1.3Development

o 1.4Time-sharing business
  1.4.1Rise and fall

 1.4.1.1Rapidata as an example

 1.4.1.2UK

o 1.5The computer utility

o 1.6Security

 2Notable time-sharing systems

 3See also

 4References

 5Further reading

 6External links