off line
Cut from internet
Off line (also offline) originally described equipment disconnected from a computer system or network.
The meaning expanded to cover anything not connected to the Internet: The website went off line for maintenance.
It also describes activities happening away from digital spaces: Let's take this conversation off line.
As an adjective, usually hyphenated or closed: offline storage, off-line mode.
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- face-to-faceDirect personal encounter
- resettingReturning to initial state
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- going darkBecoming unreachable intentionally
inoperative · non-digital · standalone · detached · out · stand-by · IRL · in-person · out of service · outside · nonfunctional · end-of-life · rebooting · shut down · introspection · inactive · unavailable · out of office
off lineonline
Network-connected state
on line · connected · networked · plugged in · logged in
off lineoperational
Ready to function
active · running · up · functioning · in service
off lineonline
Network-connected state
virtual · remote · digital · on the internet · electronically