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Software which allows a single computer to provide access for more than one user at the same time. This is done by multitasking where the CPU quickly switches between proccesses

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How to use Homebrew on a Multi-user MacOS Sierra Setup

I have a Mac that is shared between two engineers. Both have separate user accounts. Both need to run brew update and brew install... occasionally. How do I set this up without getting errors like: /usr/local must be writable!? Yeah, I could have…
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How to design a multi-user ajax web application to be concurrently safe

I have a web page that shows a large amount of data from the server. The communication is done via ajax. Every time the user interacts and changes this data (Say user A renames something) it tells the server to do the action and the server returns…
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Implications of Android multiple user support (new in 4.2) for server side data model (e.g. android_id)

Google has just released Android 4.2, which includes support for multiple user profiles on a single device: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2.html#MultipleUsers. Google says that this will be transparent to apps, but I think it…
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Setting up an MS-Access DB for multi-user access

We're thinking of "growing" a little MS-Access DB with a few tables, forms and queries for multiple users. (Using a different back-end is another, but more long-term option that is unfortunately currently not acceptable.) Most users will be…
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Thread safety of MySQL's Select Last_Insert_ID

I'm trying to make some SQL Server code also run on MySQL, and I just hit this land mine. Google says the normal approach is to simply do your insert and then select last_insert_ID() to find out what got written. This does not strike me as safe in a…
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Is MS Access (JET) suitable for multiuser access?

I have a product designed to be a desktop product using MS Access file as a DB. Now, some users need to install it in a few PCs (let's say 2 or 3) and SHARE the database. I thought to place the MS Access file in a shared folder and access it from…
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Multiple mouse pointers?

Is there a way to accept input from more than one mouse separately? I'm interested in making a multi-user application and I thought it would be great if I could have 2 or more users holding wireless mice each interacting with the app individually…
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Multiple Git Users On Same Machine

Our team shares a MacBook which everybody uses from time to time with one account on it, so we're all on the some login. To commit our code changes we're using SmartGitHg 4.5 (current Git version installed is 1.8.3.2). Since these commits can get a…
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How can I have multiple git accounts on a single development machine?

I am trying to work simultaneously on more than one (two or three) GitLab (or even GitHub) projects on a single development machine. Because upon configuration the IDEs and the git service has the data of my primary user when I try to checkout or…
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Is there an intent for uninstallation of an app for ALL users?

Background The normal way to call for the uninstallation an app is simply by using the "ACTION_DELETE" intent : startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, Uri.parse("package:" +packageName))); The problem starting with some Android version…
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Does In App Billing support multiple accounts?

Does InApp billing (V2 or V3) works for a user who uses several accounts and makes the purchase with an account that isn't the primary one? PD: Some explanation required, no simple Yes/No
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Massive multi-user realtime application with Google App Engine

I'm building a multiuser realtime application with Google App Engine (Python) that would look like the Facebook livestream plugin: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/live-stream/ Which means: 1 to 1 000 000 users on the same…
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Adding participants to XMPP chat rooms

I want to implement Group Chat in my application, for that purpose i am using MUC chat rooms to implement the same. Here I want to add a list of members( i have the JID's) to the room. I want to add them internally to all the members in the list.…
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How to set up a development environment in MS Access

I have created an MS Access 2003 application, set up as a split front-end/back-end configuration, with a user group of about five people. The front end .mdb sits on a network file server, and it contains all the queries, forms, reports, and VBA…
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Android app doesn't look eligible for cloning

I am trying to clone my app for using multi-user accounts for the same app. This is inbuilt feature for many manufacturer now. Some apps also support in doing so, like Cloneit, Parallel etc. My issue is my app doesn't appear in the lists of…
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