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Usability Glossary: timesharing system


a computer designed to support multiple simultaneous users, usually with the intent to minimize their impression that any other user is on the system and not intended to allow the users to communicate. Unix systems are common timesharing systems today. Timesharing systems are accessed through terminals.

see also

virtual terminal
X-Windows

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