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netdead en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From net + dead.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, not-comparable, of a person, rare) Not currently active on a network, or the Internet; offline.
    • Considering that now both $teve and Robin are virtually netdead, this is probably about right. 1998, Creepy, “*mutter**grumble* QUT *grumble**grumble*”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):
  2. (not-comparable) Synonym of link-dead (“in a frozen state due to sudden disconnection”).
    • 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. 1996, Joe Pantuso, The Complete Internet Gamer, page 309:

Synonyms

link-dead