<P> A collaborative editor is a form of collaborative software application that allows several people to edit a computer file using different computers , a practice called collaborative editing . There are two types of collaborative editing : real - time and non-real - time . In real - time collaborative editing ( RTCE ) , users can edit the same file simultaneously , whereas in Non-real - time collaborative editing , the users do not edit the same file at the same time ( similar to revision control systems ) . Collaborative real - time editors generally permit both the above modes of editing in any given instance . </P>
<P> A collaborative editor is a form of collaborative software application that allows several people to edit a computer file using different computers , a practice called collaborative editing . There are two types of collaborative editing : real - time and non-real - time . In real - time collaborative editing ( RTCE ) , users can edit the same file simultaneously , whereas in Non-real - time collaborative editing , the users do not edit the same file at the same time ( similar to revision control systems ) . Collaborative real - time editors generally permit both the above modes of editing in any given instance . </P>
the ability to work on files at the same time as others is called
the ability to work on files at the same time as others is called
real - time collaborative editing
real - time collaborative editing