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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Gaming Definition–noun | 2. | the playing of games, esp. those developed to teach something or to help solve a problem, as in a military or business situation. | |
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