Definition of "standalone" []

• Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. (adjective)

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• "Just ask the people behind The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as their experiment in being more standalone is being canned and they are going back to more serialized episodes."
• "Written by fan-favorite writer and artist Randy Queen and colorist Sarah Queen, the 48-page The Darkness/Darkchylde/Witchblade: Kingdom of Pain standalone finds Jackie Estacado, the bearer of the Darkness, with new nightmarish armor, and Ariel Chylde, the girl who can become creatures from her nightmares, with a new beginning."
• "But this would be the first color e-reader from the triumvirate of brands (Kindle, Nook, and Sony) that dominate sales in standalone e-book readers."