In plain English
This describes an active connection right now, not one from earlier or later. The person, device, or session is on a network at this moment and can send and receive communication through it.
In context
Here, it marks a device or session as connected to the network now and able to communicate through that connection.
- Situation
- Checking sessions, devices, login history, and unusual access activity
- What it communicates
- marks a device or session as connected now
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not show who is connected or what activity is happening.
Examples
“The tablet is currently online, but it was disconnected an hour ago.”
“With the weather station currently online, the engineer left it running for the test.”