What is the meaning of go online?

[tulipflower]

What is the meaning of go online in the following sentence?
I'll just go online and look up her address. (This is a sample sentence in Longman Dictionary.)

Does 'going online' in this sentence mean 'connecting to the internet'?

 

[Tarheel]

What is the meaning of "go online in the following sentence?
I'll just go online and look up her address. (This is a sample sentence in Longman Dictionary.)

Does 'going online' in this sentence mean 'connecting to the internet'?

As far as I know it always means the same thing. That's getting on the internet.

 

[jutfrank]

It doesn't mean 'connecting to the internet'. It means 'using the internet'.

 

[SoothingDave]

Once upon a time, people had to connect via modem. You would go online.

 

[probus]

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[emsr2d2]

I would use "go online" to mean "connect to the internet" and "be online" to mean "use/using the internet".

 

[jutfrank]

But most devices are already connected nowadays when you open the browser.