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jargon (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.
(1996-02-02)