OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does off-line equipment mean? 

• OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT (noun)
  The noun OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT has 1 sense:

1. electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit

  Familiarity information: OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFF-LINE EQUIPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auxiliary equipment; off-line equipment

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)