different between network vs online

English

Etymology

net +? work

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?tw??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?tw?k/

Noun

network (plural networks)

1. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
2. Any interconnected group or system

3. A directory of people maintained for their advancement

4. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

5. (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

• network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

1. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

2. (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

3. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
4. (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Translations

References

• network at OneLook Dictionary Search
• network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• network in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• on-line

Etymology

1950, from on +? line.

Pronunciation

• Attributive: enPR: ?n'l?n", IPA^(key): /??n?la?n/
• Predicative: enPR: ?nl?n', IPA^(key): /?n?la?n/

Adjective

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
   1. Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
   2. Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.

2. Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.

3. Connected to the Internet.

4. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.

5. Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.

6. (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)

Antonyms

• (connected to larger network): offline
• (available on a computer system): hardcopy
• (online business): brick and mortar

Derived terms

• massive open online course (MOOC)
• online newspaper

Descendants

Translations

Adverb

online (not comparable)

1. While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.

Translations

Verb

online (third-person singular simple present onlines, present participle onlining, simple past and past participle onlined)

1. (computing, transitive) To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
   • 2013, John Clarke, Oracle Exadata Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (page 219)

     The output in Listing 8-2 shows your disk group status prior to onlining the disks, the commands to online your disks, and the status after onlining.

See also

• come online

Anagrams

• El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie

Dutch

Alternative forms

• on line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)
• on-line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from English online. The forms on line and on-line are older in Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?i?n/, (chiefly attributive and in compounds) /??n.l?i?n/
• Hyphenation: on?li?ne

Adverb

online

1. online (on, via or connected to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]

Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online (on, via, connected or related to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]

Inflection

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?onl?i?n/, [?o?nl?i?n]

Adverb

online

1. online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute

   Haluan hoitaa pankkiasiani online.

   I want to handle my banking business online.

   Olen X-pankin online-asiakas.

   I'm an online customer of X Bank.

Derived terms

• online-kaupankäynti
• onlinejärjestelmä

Anagrams

• loinen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?onla?jn]
• Hyphenation: on?line
• Rhymes: -a?jn

Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Adjective

online (invariable) (Also: on line, on-line)

1. online

Anagrams

• lenoni, Linneo, nonile

Polish

Etymology

From English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.lajn/

Adverb

online (not comparable)

1. online (performed over Internet)

Further reading

• online in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• online in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• on-line

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /õ.?laj.ni/

Adjective

online (invariable, comparable)

1. online (connected to the Internet)

   Synonym: conectado

2. online (which takes place over the Internet)

   Synonyms: electrónico, em linha

Spanish

Etymology

From English online.

Adjective

online (invariable)

1. online