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Subject:OFFLINE OF OFF-LINE?? From:Mike Dean <mikedean -at- INTNET -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 7 Jan 1997 16:16:05 -0500
The subject says it all.
Microsoft Manual of Style:
One word in all instances. Use in the sense of not being connected to or
part of a system. It's jargon in the sense of "outside the current
considerations."
WWWebster Dictionary Search Page:
Main Entry: off-line
Pronunciation: -'lIn
Function: adjective
Date: 1950
: not connected to or served by a system and especially a computer or
telecommunications system; also : done independently of a system <off=96l=
ine
computer storage>
- off-line adverb=20
Word Dictionary Says two words
Not looking to start a debate over MMOS, just like a consensus or input
from those more experienced than I.
Mike Dean
Dictaphone Development
Tampa
mikedean -at- intnet -dot- net
Mike Dean
Technical Communications Coordinator
Dictaphone Development
mikedean -at- intnet -dot- net
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