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nearline

nearline adjective: having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.

Adjective

nearline (not comparable)

  1. Having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.

Forms of nearline

alternative formnear-line

Origin of nearline

From near + line.

Questions about nearline

What does nearline mean?
Nearline means having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.
What part of speech is nearline?
Nearline is an adjective.

Words near nearline in the dictionary

  1. nearing
  2. Nearings
  3. nearish
  4. nearlier
  5. nearliest
  6. nearline
  7. nearliness
  8. nearling
  9. nearlings
  10. nearly
  11. nearly fall off one's chair

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