conversational time-sharing

conversational time-sharing

[kän·vər′sā·shən·əl ′tīm ‚sher·iŋ]

(computer science)

The simultaneous utilization of a computer system by multiple users, each user being equipped with a remote terminal with which he communicates with the computer in conversational mode.

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