单词 | time-sharer |
释义 | time-sharern. 1. Electronics. A device which automatically switches a signal to two or more circuits in turn; a time-sharing circuit or device. Now rare. ΚΠ 1953 Proc. National Electronics Conf. 1952 8 370 Relay K1 acts as a time sharer by switching the amplitude sampler output first to the A storage circuits R3 and C3 and then to the B storage circuits R2 and C2. 1958 U.S. Patent 2,855,589 2 The feedback video signals from the time-sharer then modulate the storage tube writing beam on the remaining alternate television frames. 2. Computing. a. A program which controls the allocation of processor time in a time-sharing system. rare. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software > time-sharing time-sharing1953 time-sharer1961 timeshare1966 time-slicing1967 1961 Communications ACM 4 112/2 (in figure) The Time Sharer is a fixed routine entered if the computer encounters a lockout and whenever a transfer comes to an end. 1963 Computer Jrnl. 6 34/2 The time sharer, as I said, works on a priority system. b. Computing. A user of a time-sharing system. Now historical. ΚΠ 1964 Industr. Res. June 102 The majority of computations requested by time-sharers take less than 15 seconds of computer time. 1968 New Castle (Pennsylvania) News 12 Dec. 26/2 Further study will allow the time-sharer to develop more sophisticated capabilities in the language. 2004 K. Hemenway & T. Calishain Spidering Hacks vi. 363 The concept of leeching has been with us since day one, from the original land squatters, to rude time sharers in college computer labs. 3. Each of the joint owners of a timeshare property. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > right to use property for fixed time annually > one who has time-sharer1975 1975 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 2 Nov. Under some plans, a time-sharer with a condominium for a week in Vail, Col,..could trade his week for another in, say, the Virgin Islands at another time. 1981 Times 31 Jan. 17/5 An organization..which offers an exchange service with other timesharers elsewhere. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Features section) 16 Both outright owners and time-sharers can use the full ranch facilities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953 |
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