different between internet vs offline

English

Etymology

Coined by United States Department of Defense in 1986, as a shortening of internetwork, from inter- +? network.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nt??n?t/
• (US) enPR: ?n?t?rn?t', IPA^(key): /??????n?t/, /??nt??n?t/

Proper noun

internet

1. Alternative letter-case form of Internet; the Internet, the largest global internet.

Usage notes

• When referring to the global internet, the term is frequently capitalized: Internet. Over time, however, this is becoming less common.
• The internet, the World Wide Web, and cyberspace are often erroneously considered synonymous.

Translations

Noun

internet (plural internets)

1. (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.)
2. (uncountable) An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.

3. (countable, Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring, awarded for making outstanding posts.
   • 2008, Anonology, Re: Narconon Exposed tonight on Canadian TV, alt.religion.scientology, Usenet

     You did a nice job there Patty... you came off as intelligent, well-spoken, and concerned about the well being of the victims, in stark contrast to the self-serving, uncaring, unconcerned attitude of the Narconon spokeswoman. 100 internets for you!

   • 2010, Bilbo, Looking for a Billiard, alt.smokers.pipes, Usenet

     That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one.

   • 2010, Re: What Did You Watch? 2011-11-10 (Thursday), rec.arts.tv, Usenet

     You win one internet.

   • 2011, 10 Not So Insanely Great Things Apple Released Under Steve Jobs, rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet

     I hope this is sarcastic. Otherwise -100 internets for you.

   • 2013, Devon H. O'Dell, [1], comp.os.plan9, Usenet

     Do I win an internet?

Derived terms

• cable internet
• internet of things
• interweb, interwebs

See also

• Web
• Appendix:English internet slang
• intranet

Verb

internet (third-person singular simple present internets, present participle internetting, simple past and past participle internetted)

1. (computing, informal) To use the Internet; to search for something using the Internet; to surf the Internet.

Anagrams

• renitent

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From English Internet.

Noun

internet (definite accusative interneti, plural internetl?r)

1. the Internet, the web

Declension

Further reading

• “internet” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.t???n?t/

• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.t?r?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.te??net/

Noun

internet m (plural internets)

1. internet

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English internet.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in?ter?net

Noun

internet

1. internet
   1. any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol
   2. the Internet, the largest global internet
   3. an internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Noun

internet m

1. the Internet
2. internet (any set of computer networks)

Declension

Derived terms

• internetový

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet n (singular definite internettet, not used in plural form)

1. internet

Synonyms

• nettet

Related terms

• internetforbindelse

See also

• WWW, World Wide Web

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?r?n?t/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?net

Noun

internet n (uncountable)

1. Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

Derived terms

Verb

internet

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of internetten
2. imperative of internetten

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet

1. internet

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.n?t/

Noun

internet m (uncountable)

1. (singular only) the Internet

Further reading

• “internet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• inertent

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. internet

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?int?rn?t]
• Hyphenation: in?ter?net
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

internet (plural internetek)

1. (computing, Internet) Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

   Synonym: (informal) net

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From English internet.

Noun

internet n (genitive singular internets, no plural)

1. internet

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From English internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nt?r?n?t?]
• Hyphenation: in?têr?nèt

Noun

internet (first-person possessive internetku, second-person possessive internetmu, third-person possessive internetnya)

1. internet.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “internet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• Internet

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in.ter.n?t/, /?in.ter?n?t/
• Hyphenation: ìn?ter?net

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. internet

Adjective

internet (invariable)

1. (relational) web, internet

Anagrams

• nitrente, trentine

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English internet.

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Internet
2. internet (an internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:internet.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /înternet/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?net

Noun

?nternet m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. internet

References

• “internet” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet m (genitive singular internetu, nominative plural internety, genitive plural internetov, declension pattern of dub)

1. the Internet
2. internet (any set of computer networks)

Declension

Derived terms

• internetový
• internetista
• internetova?
• internetovo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inte??net/, [?n?.t?e??net?]

Noun

internet m or f (uncountable)

1. internet

Usage notes

• Internet is an ambiguous noun with no definite gender; both el and la are used.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Internet

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?rn?t/, /?nt?r?n?t/

Noun

internet n (indeclinable)

1. internet

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

From English internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.t??.n?t/

Noun

internet (definite accusative interneti, plural internetler)

1. internet

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• off-line

Etymology

off- +? line

Adjective

offline (not comparable)

1. 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.

   Antonym: online

2. (by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.

   Synonym: IRL

   Antonym: online

Translations

Adverb

offline (not comparable)

1. While offline; with an offline system.

   Antonym: online

   • 1982, "Hardware News", InfoWorld, volume 4, number 26, page 89:

     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.

   • 2000, Syndey S. Chellen, The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals, Routledge, ?ISBN, page 124:

     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[…].

   • 2008, Vickie Taylor, The Complete Guide to Writing Web-Based Advertising Copy to Get the Sale, Atlantic Publishing, ?ISBN, page 230:

     Men like to play games online, and they also like to find out about the games that they play offline.

2. (business slang) Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
   • 2001, Rosabeth Moss Kantner, Evolve!, Harvard Business Press, ?ISBN, page 1:

     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.

   • 2002, Verne Harnish, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, SelectBooks, ?ISBN, page 88:

     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.

   • 2009, Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, The Introverted Leader, Berrett-Koehler, ?ISBN, page 95:

     Offer to discuss the topic offline or table the discussion until things cool down.

Verb

offline (third-person singular simple present offlines, present participle offlining, simple past and past participle offlined)

1. (computing, transitive) To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state.
   • 1986, Kai Hwang, Steven M. Jacobs, Earl E. Swartzlander, Proceedings of the 1986 International Conference on Parallel Processing (page 462)

     Offlining a memory processor can be accomplished by using the flexible interleaving capability described earlier to interleave segments across subsets of the memory processors, avoiding the faulty one(s).

   • 2008, Sam Alapati, Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration (page 908)

     Traditionally, you fixed the problem by offlining the disk and re-creating the disk's extents on a different disk using redundant extent copies and then dropping the failed disk.

German

Etymology

From English offline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fla??n/

Adjective

offline (not comparable)

1. (uninflectable, predicative) offline

   Antonym: online

Further reading

• “offline” in Duden online
• “offline” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Spanish

Etymology

From English offline.

Adjective

offline (invariable)

1. offline