different between online vs electronic

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• on line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)
• on-line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)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

English

Etymology

electron +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l.?k?t??n.?k/, /??l.?k?t??n.?k/, /??l?k?t??n.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?k?t??n.?k/, /?i?.l?k?t??n.?k/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. (physics, chemistry): Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
2. Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
3. Generated by an electronic device.

4. Of or pertaining to the Internet.

Derived terms

Pages starting with “electronic”.

• electronification
• electronified
• electronify
• optoelectronic

Related terms

• electric
• electrical

Translations

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lek?t?o.nik/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. electronic

Romanian

Etymology

From French électronique

Adjective

electronic m or n (feminine singular electronic?, masculine plural electronici, feminine and neuter plural electronice)

1. electronic

Declension