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online definition

on·line (än′līn′)

adjective

  1. designating or of equipment directly controlled by the central processing unit of a computer
  2. connected to and ready to receive data from or transmit data to a computer or computer network
  3. available on or done through a computer network

adverb

on or by means of a computer network
Also on-line on′·-line′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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