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on·line

or on-line (ŏn′līn′, ôn′-)

adj.

a. Connected to a central computer or to a computer network: The workers' terminals are online during business hours.

b. Accessible via a computer or computer network: an online database.

c. Conducted or facilitated by means of a computer network: online dating.

2. In production or operation, often as part of a supply chain: Is the new factory online yet?

on′line′ adv.

on′line′

or on′-line′,

adj.

1. operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer.

2. connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the Internet.

3. of or designating a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an online bookstore.

4. available or operating on a computer or computer network: an online dictionary.

5. by means of or using a computer: online shopping.

adv.

6. with or through a computer, esp. over a network.

Compare off-line.

[1945–50]

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Adj.	1.	on-line - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries" online shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"
	2.	on-line - connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; "an on-line database" online computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures off-line - not connected to a computer network; "off-line resources"
	3.	on-line - being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects" online current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

Translations

on-line

[ˈɒnlaɪn]

A. ADJ (Comput) → on-line, en línea; (= switched on) → conectado

B. ADV → on-line, en línea

on-line

adj attr (Comput) → Online-; on-line database → Onlinedatenbank f; on-line dating → Kennenlernen nt → übers Internet; on-line help → Online-Hilfe f; on-line mode → Onlinebetrieb m; on-line service provider (Internet) → Onlinedienst m; on-line shopping → Einkaufen nt → übers Internet

adv

(Comput) → online; to go on-line (user) → online gehen; (computer also) auf Onlinebetrieb gehen to order on-line → online bestellen

(Ind) to go on-line (factory etc) → in Betrieb gehen, den Betrieb aufnehmen

on-line

[ˈɒnˌlɑɪn] adj (Comput) → on line inv, in linea; (switched on) → acceso/a

on-line,

online

(ˈonlain) adjective

controlled directly by a central computer so that the information received is always up-to-date.

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