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off-line

[awf-lahyn, of-]
–adjective
1. Computers. operating independently of, or disconnected from, an associated computer.
2. Radio. (of a network) not supplying affiliated stations with programming but allowing each station to program its own shows, usually within a specific format.
3. Television. of or pertaining to the preliminary planning and editing of a videotaped program.
4. located in or serving a place not on a regular route of a railroad, bus, or air carrier: an off-line ticket office.
–adverb
5. in or to a more private place: We should take this discussion off-line.
Also, offline, off line.
Compare on-line.


Origin:
1925–30
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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off·line or off-line   (ôf'līn', ŏf'-)   
adj.  
  1. Not under the control of a central computer, as in a manufacturing process or experiment.

  2. Not connected to a computer or computer network.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

off-line 
1926, of railroads; 1950, of computers.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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