time sharing
- n (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously
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- Doug Engelbart, visionary
To most people who recognize his name Doug Engelbart was the inventor of the computer mouse but he was much, much more than that. In addition to the mouse and the accompanying chord keyboard, Doug invented computer time sharing, network computing, graphical computing, the graphical user interface and (with apologies to Ted Nelson) hypertext links. And he invented all these things -- if by ...
July 5, 2013 - BetaNews