time-sharing
[/ˈtaɪm ˈʃɛərɪŋ/]
nounpl: time-sharings
compartilhamento de tempo
1. A system allowing multiple users or processes to use a computer or resource simultaneously by dividing processing time into small intervals
Time-sharing allowed many users to access the mainframe computer at the same time in the 1970s.
O compartilhamento de tempo permitiu que muitos usuários acessassem o computador mainframe simultaneamente nos anos 1970.
2. A property ownership arrangement where multiple parties have the right to use a property (typically a vacation resort) for specified periods each year
They purchased a time-sharing unit at a beach resort for one week every summer.
Eles compraram um imóvel em regime de compartilhamento de tempo em um resort à beira-mar por uma semana a cada verão.
3. The division or rotation of a position or responsibility among multiple people
The two executives decided on time-sharing the CEO position for better work-life balance.
Os dois executivos decidiram compartilhar o tempo na posição de CEO para melhor equilíbrio entre trabalho e vida pessoal.
In Brazil, time-sharing became popular in the 1990s as a vacation property investment option, particularly in beach destinations like Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. In the USA, it's associated with both 1970s computing revolution and controversial vacation property sales practices that emerged in the 1980s-2000s.
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