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OFF-LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does off-line mean?
• OFF-LINE (adjective)
The adjective OFF-LINE has 2 senses:
1. not on a regular route of a transportation system
2. not connected to a computer network
Familiarity information: OFF-LINE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not on a regular route of a transportation system
Context example:
an off-line ticket office
Domain category:
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Antonym:
on-line (on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not connected to a computer network
Context example:
off-line resources
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Antonym:
on-line (connected to a computer network or accessible by computer)
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