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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.