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Timesharing vs Multiprogramming - What's the difference?

timesharing | multiprogramming |

As nouns the difference between timesharing and multiprogramming

is that timesharing is alternative form of time-sharing while multiprogramming is the allocation of computing resources to more than one concurrent application, job, or user.

timesharing

English

Noun

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    multiprogramming

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia multiprogramming)
  • The allocation of computing resources to more than one concurrent application, job, or user.

    • Related terms

    * monoprogramming * multitasking * uniprogramming

    Usage notes

    * Multiprogramming should be differentiated from multitasking. See notes at (Multiprogramming) on Wikipedia.