time-sharing system

C11152
concept

A time-sharing system is an operating system that allows multiple users or processes to share computing resources concurrently by rapidly switching the CPU among them, giving the illusion of simultaneous execution.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
time-sharing operating system 16
time-sharing system canonical 3
Job Entry Subsystem 2

Instances (22)

Instance Via concept surface
Multics time-sharing operating system
JES2 Job Entry Subsystem
JES3 Job Entry Subsystem
TOPS-10 time-sharing operating system
TOPS-20 time-sharing operating system
MIT AI Lab software environment time-sharing computing environment
Unix
TENEX operating system
surface form: TENEX
time-sharing operating system
ITS (Incompatible Timesharing System) time-sharing operating system
Compatible Time-Sharing System time-sharing operating system
CTSS time-sharing operating system
CTSS time-sharing system
surface form: CTSS
time-sharing operating system
RSTS/E time-sharing operating system
Multiplexed Information and Computing Service time-sharing operating system
DECsys
CP/CMS time-sharing operating system
TSO/E
IAS time-sharing operating system
TOPS family time-sharing operating system
TSS-8 time-sharing operating system
WAITS time-sharing operating system
Dartmouth Time-Sharing System time-sharing operating system