online
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online adjective & adverb. Also on-line, (in sense B.2) on line. M20.
[from ON preposition + LINE noun2.]
A. adjective.
Computing. Directly connected, so that a computer immediately receives an input from or sends an output to a peripheral process etc.; carried out while so connected or under direct computer control. M20.
Occurring on the current authorized routes of an airline. M20.
Chiefly Engineering. = IN-LINE adjective 2. L20.
b. adverb.
Computing. With processing of data carried out simultaneously with its production; while connected to a computer or under direct computer control. M20.
= ON-STREAM adverb. M20.