Online

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The term online (also spelled on-line and on line) has several different meanings, including:

“(1) Pertaining to a user’s ability to interact with a computer, (2) Pertaining to a user’s access to computer via terminal, (3) Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit that is under the continual control of a computer. The term ‘on line’ is also used to describe a user’s access to a computer via a terminal.”^[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ In re TBG, Inc., 229 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 759, 759 n.1 (T.T.A.B. 1986).