"single-user" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: single + user Etymology templates: {{compound|en|single|user}} single + user Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} single-user (not comparable)
  1. (computing, telecommunications) Of an operating system, etc., only capable of serving one user at a time, not many users simultaneously. Wikipedia link: single-user Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Telecommunications Translations (Translations): monousuari (Catalan), yhden käyttäjän (Finnish), monousuario (Galician), monoutente (Italian), jednoużytkownikowy (Polish), monoutilizador [Brazil] (Portuguese), monousuário [Portugal] (Portuguese), monousuario (Spanish)

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