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English Dictionary: off-line by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off-line
adj
  1. not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"
    Antonym(s): on-line, online
  2. not connected to a computer network; "off-line resources"
    Antonym(s): on-line, online
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   offline adv.   Not now or not here.   "Let's take this discussion
   offline."   Specifically used on {Usenet} to suggest that a
   discussion be moved off a public newsgroup to email.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   off-line
  
      (Or "offline")
  
      1. Not directly connected to the computer (e.g., an off-line
      {tape drive}), or with connection suspended ("take the
      {printer} off-line").
  
      Contrast {background}, {on-line}.
  
      2. Not now or not here.   "Let's take this discussion
      off-line."   Specifically used on {Usenet} to suggest that a
      discussion be moved off a public {newsgroup} to {e-mail}.
  
      See also {off-line world}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-02-02)
  
  
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