Timesharing

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  time-sharing
       
           (Or "timesharing") An {operating system}
          feature allowing several users to run several tasks
          concurrently on one processor, or in parallel on many
          processors, usually providing each user with his own terminal


          for input and output.  {time-sharing} is {multitasking} for
          multiple users.
       
          (1998-04-24)