off-line

off-line Definition

off·-line (-līn′)

adjective

designating or of equipment not directly connected to and controlled by the central processing unit of a computer
not connected to, and therefore not ready to receive data from or transmit data to, a computer or computer network
unavailable on, or not done through, the Internet or some other computer network

adverb

independently of the Internet or of some other computer network

off-line Usage Examples

Preposition: at

Converse of object

browse: Look for Winter Sunshine offers and send for a free brochure, so you can browse off-line too.
protect: We do take all normal reasonable precautions to protect user-information off-line.
read: See the associated article entitled " Storing the Journal for Reading off-line.
go: In three months the nursing system will be going off-line.
take: For a start NASA TV has not been ' taken off-line ' .
view: She chooses to download the resources to her personal knowledge manager to view off-line.

Noun used with modifier

user-information: We do take all normal reasonable precautions to protect user-information off-line.
site: Work has already started on the new look 2007 Robins website, but we need to take the site off-line to complete the updates.
time: Before searching, spend some time off-line deciding what results you want and plan your search strategy accordingly.
information: Back to top Securing your personal information off-line Keep your plastic cards and check books safe and separate from each other.
work: Once the pupils have downloaded their information, how are they going to continue work off-line?
place: The smart card also allows authorisation of financial transactions to take place off-line.

Modifies a noun

browsing: Off-line Browsing - Your own copy of the Internet: what your hard disk is for.
mooring: Just past the village, old gravel pits have been turned into off-line moorings for pleasure boats.
viewing: You may, however, download or print a single copy for your own off-line viewing.
programming: Industrial robots linked to off-line programming packages require regular calibration.
processing: The My mailbox is a mail store on your local PC to which remote mail may be moved, e.g. for off-line processing.
simulation: Strategies for the use of VMS had previously been developed using off-line simulation modeling.

Preposition: in

sudokulist: Angeles Times and hundreds of other newspapers are available off-line in The Sudokulist, a Sudoku game for your computer.. .

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