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(14 Jan 2009)
oniric, -onium, onko-, onlay, onlay graft < Prev | Next > on-line, On-Line Analytical Processing
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<jargon> 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.
(01 Apr 1998)
onko-, onlay, onlay graft, on-line < Prev | Next > On-Line Analytical Processing, Online Computer Library Center
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