Online Definition–adjective | 1. | operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer. |
| 2. | connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the Internet. |
| 3. | of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an on-line bookstore. |
| 4. | available or operating on a computer or computer network: an on-line dictionary. |
| 5. | by means of or using a computer: on-line shopping. |
| 6. | Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming. |
| 7. | Television. of or pertaining to the final editing of a videotaped program. |
| 8. | done or accomplished while in operation or active service: on-line maintenance. |
| 9. | located on major routes or rail lines: on-line industries. |
–adverb | 10. | with or through a computer, esp. over a network. |
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College Definition–noun | 1. | an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university. |
| 2. | a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree. |
| 3. | an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university. |
| 4. | an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. |
| 5. | a similar corporation outside a university. |
| 6. | the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education. |
| 7. | the administrators, faculty, and students of a college. |
| 8. | (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school. |
| 9. | an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president. |
| 10. | a company; assemblage. |
| 11. | Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for relig
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| 12. | British Slang. a prison. |
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Degree Definition–noun | 1. | any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. |
| 2. | a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy. |
| 3. | a stage in a scale of intensity or amount: a high degree of mastery. |
| 4. | extent, measure, scope, or the like: To what degree will he cooperate? |
| 5. | a stage in a scale of rank or station; relative standing in society, business, etc.: His uncouth behavior showed him to be a man of low degree. |
| 6. | Education. an academic title conferred by universities and colleges as an indication of the completion of a course of study, or as an honorary recognition of achievement. |
| 7. | a unit of measure, as of temperature or pressure, marked off on the scale of a measuring instrument: This thermometer shows a scale of degrees between only 20° and 40° C. |
| 8. | Geometry. the 360th part of a complete angle or turn, often represented by the sign°, as in 45°, which is read as 45 degrees. Compare angle1 (def. 1c). |
| 9. | the distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity: murder in the first degree. |
| 10. | Grammar. one of the parallel formations of adjectives and adverbs used to express differences in quality, quantity, or intensity. In English, low and careful are the positive degree, lower and more careful are the comparative degree, lowest and most careful are the superlative degree. |
| 11. | Mathematics. | a. | the sum of the exponents of the variables in an algebraic term: x3 and 2x2y are terms of degree three. |
| b. | the term of highest degree of a given equation or polynomial: The expression 3x2y + y2 + 1 is of degree three. |
| c. | the exponent of the derivative of highest order appearing in a given differential equation. |
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| 12. | Music. a tone or step of the scale. |
| 13. | Astrology. any of the 360 equal divisions of the ecliptic measured counterclockwise from the vernal equinox. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac contains 30 degrees. |
| 14. | a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship: a cousin of the second degree. |
| 15. | Archaic. a line or point on the earth or the celestial sphere, as defined by degrees of latitude. |
| 16. | Obsolete. a step, as of a stair. |
—Idioms| 17. | by degrees, by easy stages; gradually: She grew angrier by degrees. |
| 18. | to a degree, | a. | to a considerable extent; exceedingly. |
| b. | to a small extent; somewhat: He is to a degree difficult to get along with. |
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Program Definition–noun | 1. | a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program. |
| 2. | a plan or schedule of activities, procedures, etc., to be followed. |
| 3. | a radio or television performance or production. |
| 4. | a list of items, pieces, performers, etc., in a musical, theatrical, or other entertainment. |
| 5. | an entertainment with reference to its pieces or numbers: a program of American and French music. |
| 6. | a planned, coordinated group of activities, procedures, etc., often for a specific purpose, or a facility offering such a series of activities: a drug rehabilitation program; a graduate program in linguistics. |
| 7. | a prospectus or syllabus: a program of courses being offered. |
| 8. | Computers. | a. | a systematic plan for the automatic solution of a problem by a computer. |
| b. | the precise sequence of instructions enabling a computer to solve a problem. |
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–verb (used with object) | 9. | to schedule as part of a program. |
| 10. | Computers. to prepare a program for. |
| 11. | to insert or encode specific operating instructions into (a machine or apparatus): We'll program the bells to ring at ten-minute intervals. |
| 12. | to insert (instructions) into a machine or apparatus: An automatic release has been programmed into the lock as a safety feature. |
| 13. | to cause to absorb or incorporate automatic responses, attitudes, or the like; condition: Our parents programmed us to respect our elders. |
| 14. | to set, regulate, or modify so as to produce a specific response or reaction: Program your eating habits to eliminate sweets. |
–verb (used without object) | 15. | to plan or write a program. |
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