Re: Online/Offline

[ianb@sun670.telecom.tandem.com (Ian Bui)]

Theo nhu* to^i ddoa'n thi` chu*~ online co' le~ tu*` trong
nga`nh ddie^.n thoa.i ma` ra. Trong ca'ch no'i chuye^.n
thu*o*`ng hay co' nhu*~ng ca^u nhu*, "there's someone on 
the line who wants to speak to you," hay la`, "please stay 
on the line and we'll get back with you shortly." v.v...
(tho*`i co`n telegram co' du`ng tu*` na`y hay kho^ng thi` 
to^i mu` ti.t)

Tu*` khi co' computer va` computer networks thi` chu*~ online
co' the^m nghia~ mo*'i la` "connected" (to a mainframe host,
a network, etc.) ne^n co' the^m cu.m tu*` "go online/offline" ma`
hie^.n nay ra^'t tho^ng du.ng, nha^'t la` trong Internetworking.

Offline, ngoa`i nghia~ dden la` "disconnected" co`n co' nghia~
bo'ng la` "unofficial", gio^ng gio^'ng nhu* chu*~ "off the record"
nhu*ng kho^ng ha<?n. Thi' du. nhu* trong mo^.t buo^?i meeting, 
ne^'u co' vie^.c gi` ca^`n ba`n rie^ng giu*~a mo^.t hai ngu*o*`i 
ma` tho^i ngu*o*`i ta hay noi', "Let's discuss this offline."
Trong mailing lists cu~ng the^', nhie^`u lu'c ta ca^`n noi'
rie^ng vie^.c gi` vo*'i ai ma` kho^ng muo^'n to^'n bandwidth
cu?a la`ng thi` ta co' the^? "take it offline" :))

Xin ddu*o*.c ho?i ca'c ba'c va^.y chu*' mobile phones co'
"go online" ddu*o*.c hay kho^ng??? :))

Ian

ps. ddi.nh ho?i ba'c VHLa^m 1 chuye^.n ma` cu*' que^n hoa`i: 
"gia tru*o*?ng" dda^u nha^'t thie^'t phai? la` dda`n o^ng,
ne^u' di.ch la` paternal co' chua^?n hay kho^ng?