Explore Timesharing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Timesharing meaning
Alternative form of time-sharing.
Using Timesharing
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of time-sharing.
- In the example corpus, timesharing often appears in combinations such as: timesharing system, timesharing systems, commercial timesharing.
Context around Timesharing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Timesharing
- In this selection, "timesharing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, purpose, associated, international, system, reprioritizer and corporation stand out and add context to how "timesharing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a major timesharing utility that and associated timesharing reprioritizer program. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "timesharing" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with timesharing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Primitive timesharing was available on those machines. (7 words)
Associated timesharing reprioritizer program to implement floating priorities. (8 words)
However, these earlier timesharing programs were not completely interactive, nor did they run on personal computers. (16 words)
There are conflicting stories about the origin of this term. Fans of MIT 's Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS) say it was coined in opposition to Multics users down the hall, for whom security was far more an issue than on ITS. (41 words)
In fact, Bob had worked since the 1960s at Interactive Data Corporation, a major timesharing utility that was used for some of them and I was exposed to some at Harvard Business School in one of the classes. (38 words)
Early IBM APL interpreters for IBM 360 and IBM 370 hardware implemented their own multi-user management instead of relying on the host services, thus they were timesharing systems in their own right. (33 words)
Example sentences (11)
A four processor system was maintained by the RSX-11 operating system development team for testing and a uniprocessor system served PDP-11 engineering for general purpose timesharing.
Associated timesharing reprioritizer program to implement floating priorities.
Bricklin was referring to the variety of report generators that were in use at that time, including Business Planning Language (BPL) from International Timesharing Corporation (ITS) and Foresight, from Foresight Systems.
Early IBM APL interpreters for IBM 360 and IBM 370 hardware implemented their own multi-user management instead of relying on the host services, thus they were timesharing systems in their own right.
However, these earlier timesharing programs were not completely interactive, nor did they run on personal computers.
In cooperation with the University of Minnesota, the Kronos and later the NOS operating systems were developed during the 1970s, which supported simultaneous batch and timesharing use.
In fact, Bob had worked since the 1960s at Interactive Data Corporation, a major timesharing utility that was used for some of them and I was exposed to some at Harvard Business School in one of the classes.
In the late 1960s Xerox used BCL to develop a more sophisticated version for their timesharing system.
Primitive timesharing was available on those machines.
There are conflicting stories about the origin of this term. Fans of MIT 's Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS) say it was coined in opposition to Multics users down the hall, for whom security was far more an issue than on ITS.
With the advent first of less expensive mainframes such as the IBM 4300 and later the personal computer, the timesharing industry had all but disappeared by the mid-1980s.
Common combinations with timesharing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: