online
or on-line, on line
operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer.
connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the internet.
of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an online bookstore.
available or operating on a computer or computer network: an online dictionary.
by means of or using a computer: online shopping.
Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming.
Television. of or relating to the final editing of a videotaped program.
done or accomplished while in operation or active service: online maintenance.
located on major routes or rail lines: online industries.
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
Origin of online
1- Compare offline.
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How to use online in a sentence
Photoshop, on-line image manipulators and videogamers prevail.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Minister of Trade, he oversees TEPCO, which is attempting to put its profitable nuclear reactors back on-line.
‘Whip it!’ Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Cabinet Of Horrors | Jake Adelstein | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe interview was published on-line March 10, 2:41 p.m., Japanese time.
Mysteries Continue to Swirl Around the Identity of Bitcoin’s Creator | Jake Adelstein | March 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPrice runs his own MRM on-line magazine, The Spearhead, which both compliments and competes with AV4M.
After our first on-line interview, I scheduled an in-person interview with Hembling in Vancouver.
This data reduction is often more complicated and lengthy than the preliminary on-line processing referred to in (Class 1b).
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.On-line data-acquisition computer systems are made in a wide range of types and sizes.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.We first list the main uses to which on-line computer systems have been put.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.More recently, computers have been used increasingly for on-line processing.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.Computers have also been shared for simultaneous on-line data-taking in low-data-rate experiments.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.
British Dictionary definitions for online
on-line
/ (ˈɒnˌlaɪn) /
of, relating to, or concerned with a peripheral device that is directly connected to and controlled by the central processing unit of a computer
of or relating to the internet: online shopping
occurring as part of, or involving, a continuous sequence of operations, such as a production line
while connected to a computer or the internet
- See offline
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Scientific definitions for online
[ ŏn′līn′ ]
Connected to or accessible by means of a computer or computer network.
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Cultural definitions for online
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with online
See in line, def. 2.
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