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off-line definition

off·-line (-līn′)

adjective

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

adverb

independently of the Internet or of some other computer network
Also sp. offline off′·line′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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