off-line

off-line
/awf"luyn", of"-/, adj.
1. Computers. operating independently of, or disconnected from, an associated computer (opposed to on-line).
2. Radio. (of a network) not supplying affiliated stations with programming but allowing each station to program its own shows, usually within a specific format.
3. Television. of or pertaining to the preliminary planning and editing of a videotaped program.
4. located in or serving a place not on a regular route of a railroad, bus, or air carrier: an off-line ticket office. Cf. on-line.
5. in or to a more private place: We should take this discussion off-line.
Also, offline, off line.
[1925-30]

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