Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Määritelmät
Adjektiivit
- 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.
- Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.
Adverbit
- While offline; with an offline system.
- (corporate jargon) Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
Esimerkit
- Thousands of violent videos are still available on the internet, according to Alexander, who claims they lead to an escalation in offline tensions between rival gangs. "I believe some young people are losing their lives as result of this material on the internet," she said.
- The 2000 also emulates Diablo, Qume and NEC letter-quality printers, and has a large enough buffer memory to operate off line from the host computer for an hour.
- If you want to keep the phone bill down you can set up your Newsreader to operate offline. This means that your Newsreader will fetch new message headers, collect messages you wish to read, and send any responses you may have set up all in one go. You can then read news offline, while you are not running up the phone bill[…].
- Men like to play games online, and they also like to find out about the games that they play offline.
- At meetings, people cut off discussion by saying “Let’s continue that conversation offline,” even though they are meeting face to face, not online; “offline” is a new synonym for “in private,” as though everything public were now on the Internet.
- The person running the meeting also has the important job of saying “Take it offline.” Whenever two or more people get off on a tangent that doesn’t require everybody’s attention, instruct them to continue the conversation outside the boundaries of the meeting.
- Offer to discuss the topic offline or table the discussion until things cool down.