Title :
Claims to the term ´time-sharing´
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
fDate :
6/14/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The evolution of the meanings of the term ´time-sharing´ is discussed. It is pointed out that there have been two major uses of the term corresponding to two major periods of the history, with two different spellings (with or without the hyphen): before 1960, time sharing described a method of implementing multiprogramming: after 1960, time-sharing described a technique by which interactive computing was developed.<>
Keywords :
interactive systems; multiprogramming; nomenclature; time-sharing programs; time-sharing systems; interactive computing; multiprogramming; time sharing; time-sharing; Availability; Debugging; Dictionaries; History; Humans; Processor scheduling; Programming profession; Time sharing computer systems; Weapons; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
