Definitions[]
Data storage[]
Offline is
| “ | a type of storage in which data are kept on a piece of media in a location that requires human intervention to retrieve (e.g., an LTO tape stored in a physical storage facility that must be retrieved and placed in an LTO deck before the data can be retrieved).[1] | ” |
Electronic money[]
Offline is a
| “ | transaction in which no direct connection is made between the device(s) involved in the transaction and a centralised computer system for the purpose of authenticating or otherwise authorising the transaction before it is executed.[2] | ” |
General[]
Offline basically means not online. Offline refers to
| “ | [e]quipment or devices that are not in direct communication with the central processor of a computer system, or connected only intermittently.[3] | ” |
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References[]
- ↑ ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation, Glossary, aApp. B, at 227.
- ↑ Report on Electronic Money, Annex 1, Glossary, at 40.
- ↑ Internet Banking: Comptroller's Handbook, at 77.