Definition: stand-alone

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

stand-alone
     adj : (electronics) capable of operating independently

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

stand-alone

   <jargon> Capable of operating without other programs,
   libraries, computers, hardware, networks, etc.  Exactly what
   is absent is presumed to be obvious from context.

   "We only run Windows on stand-alone PCs because it's too
   dangerous to run it on networked ones."

   (1998-02-11)