A system in which some of the profit of an enterprise are divided among the workers, giving them an incentive for profits without an equity interest.

plural of sharing economy

(Internet, neologism) The general practice of sharing content from the internet on social media websites or applications.

(economics, public policy) A system of economic exchange in which participants interact in a direct and cooperative manner, often with the aid of social media, to produce, market, and consume goods, services, and resources.

(cryptography) Any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.

Alternative spelling of gainsharing

alternative form of power sharing, also used attributively; e.g. a power-sharing agreement.

(computing theory) A performance-degrading usage pattern where the size of units in a cache means that the system may reload entire units even when it is not necessary.

(programming) An evaluation strategy where arguments passed to a function can be mutated in a way that is visible to the caller (unlike call-by-value) but access is not given to the specific variables passed as arguments (unlike call-by-reference).

The practice among intravenous drug users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs, potentially leading to transmission of certain infectious diseases.