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It means "wait". The connection or the computer may be reformatting itself. Interestingly, the expression comes from amateur (ham) radio, when operators would "stand by" or wait for the messages that were being received from ships at sea, or when any emergency messages were coming in. Even though we no longer use Morse Code or send telegraph messages, the expression lives on.

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