offline
verb
Meaning
- To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state.
- Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.
- (by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.
- While offline; with an offline system.
- Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
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