stand-alone

[stand-uh-lohn]Computers.

adjective

self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.

noun

a device or program with these characteristics.

Origin of stand-alone

First recorded in 1965–70

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Examples from the Web for standalone

Contemporary Examples of standalone

The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War, to be published July 1, is her first standalone novel.
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They are now attracting a number of students who just go for the standalone degree.
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The Google spokesperson declined to comment on whether Google has any plans to create a standalone Maps app for iOS.
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It's a statement from The Huffington Post that being a standalone media product, no matter how mighty, can be a lonely place.
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February 7, 2011
We were going to do that and we left one studio and went to another to do kind of standalone films.
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British Dictionary definitions for standalone

stand-alone

adjective

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

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Word Origin and History for standalone

stand-alone

adj.

1966, from stand (v.) + alone.

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