netdead

English

Etymology

From net +‎ dead.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

netdead (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (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.