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online

/ˈɔnˌlaɪn/

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What does online mean?

adjective

  1. Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
  2. Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
  3. Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
More meanings (7)

adjective

  1. Connected to the Internet.
  2. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
  3. Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
  4. (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
  5. Able to process an input piece-by-piece without needing to have the entire input available to it from the start.

adverb

  1. While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.

verb

  1. To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɔnˌlaɪn/

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