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In computing, time-sharing is the concurrent sharing of a computing resource among many tasks or users by giving each task or user a small slice of processing time. This quick switch between tasks or users gives the illusion of simultaneous execution.
Time-sharing was first proposed in the mid- to late-1950s and first implemented in the early 1960s. The concept was born out of the realization that a single expensive computer could be efficiently utilized by enabling multiprogramming, and, later, by allowing multiple users simultaneous interactive access. [1]
From Time-sharing system evolution: In the 1960s, time-sharing was a new concept, a departure from the batch processing approach previously used with computers. ... Today, of course, virtually all operating systems are time-sharing systems.
Time-sharing companies (15 P) Time-sharing operating systems (4 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Time-sharing" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Berkeley Timesharing System was a pioneering time-sharing operating system implemented between 1964 and 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley.It was designed as part of Project Genie and marketed by Scientific Data Systems for the SDS 940 computer system.
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The BBN Time-Sharing System was an early time-sharing system created at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) for the PDP-1 computer. It began operation in September 1962. It began operation in September 1962.
The Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) was the first general purpose time-sharing operating system. [2] [3] Compatible Time Sharing referred to time sharing which was compatible with batch processing; it could offer both time sharing and batch processing concurrently. CTSS was developed at the MIT Computation Center ("Comp Center").