netdead
English
Etymology
net + dead
Adjective
netdead (not comparable)
- (Internet slang, rare, of a person) Not currently active on a network, or the Internet; offline.
- 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.
- 1998, "Creepy", *mutter**grumble* QUT *grumble**grumble* (on newsgroup aus.tv.x-files)
- Considering that now both $teve and Robin are virtually netdead, this is probably about right.
- 1996, Joe Pantuso, The Complete Internet Gamer (page 309)