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OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit
Synonyms:
auxiliary equipment; off-line equipment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("off-line equipment" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Holonyms ("off-line equipment" is a part of...):
ADP system; ADPS; automatic data processing system; computer system; computing system (a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage)