Adjective
single-user (not comparable)
(computing, telecommunications) Of an operating system, etc., only capable of serving one user at a time, not many users simultaneously.
IBM decided in 1980 to market a low-cost single-user computer as quickly as possible in response to Apple Computer 's success in the burgeoning microcomputer market. Source: Internet
For instance, a single-user operating system running a cell phone or robot might not need any of these features, and this is exactly the sort of system where Mach's pick-and-choose operating system would be most valuable. Source: Internet
All applications that need portability, that do not require expansion, e.g. single-user local applications, mobile applications or games. Source: Internet
Following SCAMP, the IBM Boca Raton Laboratory created several single-user computer design concepts to support Lowe's ongoing effort to convince IBM there was a strategic opportunity in the personal computer business. Source: Internet
IBM executive Bill Lowe used the engineering prototype and design model in his early efforts to demonstrate the viability of creating a single-user computer. Source: Internet
It incorporated the bank switching memory management of MP/M in a single-user single-task operating system compatible with CP/M 2.2 applications. Source: Internet