Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not connected to a central computer or computer network.
- adjective Not accessible via a computer or computer network.
- adjective Not in operation or production, especially as part of a supply chain.
- adjective Conducted in private or without the knowledge of others.
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- adjective Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a
power plant which is not connected to thegrid , or acomputer which is not connected to theInternet or to any othercommunications service. - adjective Happening in the physical world (the
real world ) as opposed to on the internet. - adverb While offline; with an offline system.
- adverb corporate jargon Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term "offline" denotes being behind the times, even backwards.
Eric Margolis: Is North Korea's Bark Worse Than Its Bite? Eric Margolis 2011
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CMU's researchers could identify only about one third of their subjects in what they called "offline to online recognition."
FOXNews.com Clayton Morris 2011
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Just as in offline bullying, there is usually someone either with the person who hits "post" or is the person who receives the "sext" or even the person who rates or "likes" the images online.
Anastasia Goodstein: What Makes It 'OK' To Press Record? Anastasia Goodstein 2010
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Putting incompetence online instead of just offline is still the same incompetence.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Just as in offline bullying, there is usually someone either with the person who hits "post" or is the person who receives the "sext" or even the person who rates or "likes" the images online.
Anastasia Goodstein: What Makes It 'OK' To Press Record? Anastasia Goodstein 2010
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The Golden Rule, and treating people as you would treat them offline is a good start, but just in case, here are some guidelines for how not to act on Facebook, and other social networking sites.
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They give you gigabytes of storage space, yet, when it's filled to capacity, moving your data from online to offline is a painful process.
Google Wave “Is What Email Would Look Like If It Were Invented Today” | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Can we pursue these Author 2.0 options when we also have a traditional print publisher, and aim to appear in offline media, events, etc?
Author 2.0 Survey Results - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn 2009
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The success of your business both online and offline is very important to us, which is why today we'd like to share a message from David Fischer, our VP of Global Online Sales and Operations:
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Those who decide to remain offline will make better work than those online.
Onetime Twitterholic John Mayer explains why he quit Liz Kelly 2010
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