a system of part ownership of a property, such as a flat or villa, for use as a holiday home, whereby each participant buys the right to use the property for the same fixed period annually
b.
(as modifier)
a time-sharing system
2.
a.
a system by which users at different terminals of a computer can, because of its high speed, apparently communicate with it at the same time
Compare batch processing
b.
(as modifier)
a time-sharing computer
time sharing in American English
US
1.
a system permitting the simultaneous employment of a computer by many users at remote locations
2.
a system for sharing ownership in a vacation home, condominium, etc., in which each of the joint purchasers may occupy the unit during a specified period each year