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Re:Keeping a debugging journal by a_bonobo on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @11:02PM (#6766217)
I'm pretty sure clusters changed in their architecture and their processing power, but you still have to stand in line
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Re:Keeping a debugging journal by timtadh on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @12:06AM (#6766412)
In 1978 Time Sharing Machines refers to single machines with multi-tasking. ex. the terminal you are using right now. So you don't have to "wait in line" you have to share resources. Just like your web-browser shares resources with your editor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing

esr also has a good article: http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/timesharing.html

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