time-shar·ing

(tīm′shâr′ĭng)

1. A technique permitting many users simultaneous access to a central computer through remote terminals.

2. also time-share (-shâr′) An ownership interest in a piece of property that entitles the owner to occupy it for a specific period of time each year, or a lease or license agreement that grants a party use and occupancy of a property for a specific time period each year.

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time′-shar`ing

1. a plan in which several persons share ownership or rental costs of a vacation home, entitling each to use the residence for a specified time each year.

2. a computer system or service in which users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer.

Translations

time-sharing

[ˈtaɪmˌʃɛərɪŋ] N

1. (for holiday) → multipropiedad f

2. (Comput) → tiempo m compartido

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* Seek comment on ways to improve the NCE tie-breaker process and reduce the need for mandatory timesharing, and propose to adopt a mandatory time-share resolution process to minimize the drawbacks of mandatory time-sharing.

Here Comes A Look At NCE, LPFM Standards and Procedures

Summary: Analysts say time-sharing will help attract new segment of tourists

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Rick Scott vetoed a bill revising Florida's alimony and child time-sharing laws.

Gov. Scott vetoes alimony/time-sharing legislation: Family Law Section urged the veto

(10) Finally, [section]61.30(11)(b) mandates use of a gross-up calculation of support for substantial time-sharing. (11)

To catch a time-sharing deviation

The bill addresses time-sharing as well, providing a presumption for equal time-sharing of minor children.

Impacts Coming with Changes to Florida's Alimony Law

In the days before personal computers, global computing was advanced by time-sharing networks, which gave users remote access to high-level computing power by dialing into it.

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66, Accounting for Sales of Real Estate, to reference the financial accounting and reporting guidance for real estate time-sharing transactions that is provided in AICPA Statement of Position (SOP) 04-2, Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions.

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 152--Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions

152, Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions--an amendment of FASB Statement Nos.

Statement of Position Issued on Time-Share Transactions

Carol, a TUG member, has designed a Web page about time-sharing for people with disabilities.

Accessible time-share site. (Travel Tips)

To some observers, utility computing, also known as on-demand computing, is not that far removed from the days of mainframe time-sharing. Adding capacity was a basic exercise of adding more central processing units, disk storage or random access memory, each of which had fairly predictable costs that could be allocated on a per user or per application basis and were often included in an information technology charge-back model.

Power house: utility computing can lend itself immediately to providing business benefit. (Technology: Technology Insight)

This gives a new angle on the concept of time-sharing. No doubt they enjoyed their spacious winter den.

Northern timeshare. (Ear To The Ground)