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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
online
adj
  1. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries"
    Synonym(s): on-line, online
    Antonym(s): off-line
  2. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; "an on-line database"
    Synonym(s): on-line, online
    Antonym(s): off- line
  3. being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects"
    Synonym(s): on-line(a), online
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   on-line
  
      1. Ready for use.   E.g. "The graph plotter's fixed
      and on-line again".
  
      2. {Interactive} as opposed to {batch}.   Accessible via a
      computer (or {terminal}), rather than on paper or other
      medium.
  
      3. Of a user, actively using a computer system, especially the
      {Internet}.   E.g "I haven't been on-line for three days."
  
      "On-line" should be hyphenated because it is compounded from
      two words but the hyphen is often omitted in names of
      organisations or services.
  
      (1998-12-22)
  
  
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