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stand-alone

British  

adjective

  1. computing (of a device or system) capable of operating independently of any other device or system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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FedEx Freight began trading as a stand-alone company Monday, after it was spun out of FedEx FDX 2.41%increase; green up pointing triangle .

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Nvidia has addressed the issue with the introduction of its stand-alone Vera CPUs, which it has estimated could bring in $20 billion in revenue this year and has a total potential market of $200 billion.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

While the number of procedures combining Boston Scientific’s Watchman and Farapulse devices has grown, this increase hasn’t been enough to offset a decline in stand-alone Watchman procedures, Mahoney said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The hot streak began after IBM announced the creation of a stand-alone quantum foundry called Anderon, backed by a $1 billion investment from the Commerce Department.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

I pulled on my visor and loaded up the Gym, a stand-alone simulation.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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