netdead
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netdead (not comparable)
- (Internet slang, rare, of a person) Not currently active on a network, or the Internet; offline.
- 1998, Creepy, “*mutter**grumble* QUT *grumble**grumble*”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):
- Considering that now both $teve and Robin are virtually netdead, this is probably about right.
- (computing) Synonym of link-dead (“in a frozen state due to sudden disconnection”)
- 1996, Joe Pantuso, The Complete Internet Gamer, page 309:
- To end your use of the client you can use either this command or possibly ctrl-C. This will leave netdead all of your characters with processes still running.