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On-line   Listen
adjective
on-line, online  adj.  
1.
(Computers) Connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
Synonyms: online, on line(predicate).
2.
(prenominal) Being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects. (Colloq.)
Synonyms: in progress(predicate), ongoing, on line(predicate).





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"On-line" Quotes from Famous Books



... obs./ 1. Archaic term for a register. On-line use of it as a synonym for 'register' is a fairly reliable indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or that the architecture under discussion is quite old. The term in full is almost never used of ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "On-line" :   on-line database, transport, transportation, current, computer science, off-line, connected, online


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