What is Multi-user?
'''Multi-user''' is a term that defines an [[operating system]], [[computer program]], or a [[game]] that allows use by more than one [[User (computing)|user]]s of the same [[computer]] at the same time. An example is a [[Unix]] server where multiple remote users have access (such as via [[Secure Shell]]) to the [[Unix shell]] prompt at the same time. Another example uses multiple [[X terminal]]s so that multiple remote users can use [[X Window System|X Window]] on a single machine. The complementary term, '''single-user''' commonly refers to an operating system being usable only by one person at a time, or in reference to a single-user [[software license]] agreement. '''Single-user mode''' is a mode for '''Multi-user''' [[operating system]] where the computer [[Booting|boots]] or switches into a single [[Administrator|superuser]] mode. It is mainly used for maintenance of multi-user environments such as network or [[Unix]] [[server]]s. == Other websites == * [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/intrxtse.mspx Interix in a Multi-User Windows TSE Environment] paper about the [[Unix]] multi-user model and [[Microsoft Windows|MS-Windows]] NT [[Terminal Services|TSE]] * [http://www.miniframe.com SoftXpand Multi-user software] {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Computer science]] [[Category:Computing]]