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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



... 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 ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... Art & Culture; Chat; Criminal Skills; Cults/Occult; Dating; Drugs; Entertainment; Extreme/Obscene/Violence; Gambling; Games; General News; Hate Speech; Humor; Investing; Job Search; Lifestyle; Mature; MP3 Sites; Nudity; On-line Sales; Personal Pages; Politics, Opinion & Religion; Portal Sites; Self-Help/Health; Sex; Sports; Travel; Usenet News; and Webmail. Most importantly, no category definition used by filtering software companies ...
— Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
... hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica [Lat.], ratsbane^. [poisonous plants] hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort^, bhang, ganja^, hashish; Upas tree. [list of poisonous substances] Toxline (online). rust, worm, helminth [Med.], moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper &c (evil doer) 913; demon &c 980. [Science of poisons] toxicology. Adj. baneful &c (bad) 649; poisonous ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... Common abbreviation for Internet Service Provider, a kind of company that barely existed before 1993. ISPs sell Internet access to the mass market. While the big nationwide commercial BBSs with Internet access (like America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, Netcom, etc.) are technically ISPs, the term is usually reserved for local or regional small providers (often run by hackers turned entrepreneurs) who resell Internet access cheaply without themselves ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... original book, the Table of Contents was located after the Preface, but I have placed it at the beginning of the text for this online version. ...
— Practical Mysticism - A Little Book for Normal People • Evelyn Underhill


Words linked to "On-line" :   off-line, computing, online, machine-accessible, current, on-line database


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