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• cooked mode: [UNIX, by opposition with {raw mode}] n.
  The normal character-input mode, with interrupts enabled and with erase, kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly by the tty driver....
• aw mode n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device (o
  under bogus operating systems that make a distinction, a disk file) without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system....
• aw mode: n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device (o
  under {bogus} systems that make a distinction, a disk file) without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system....
• are mode adj. [Unix] CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
  Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode; the phrase "a sort of half-cooked (rare?...
• are mode: [UNIX] adj. CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
  Distinguished from {raw mode} and {cooked mode}...
• wizard mode: [from {rogue}] n. A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
  Generally not used for operating systems themselves (`root mode' or `wheel mode' would be used instead)....
• wizard mode n. [from rogue] A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
  Generally not used for operating systems themselves (`root mode' or `wheel mode' would be used instead)....
• mode n. [common] A general state, usually used with an adjective describing the state.
  Use of the word `mode' rather than `state' implies that the state is extended over time, and probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is being carried out....
• oot mode n. Syn. with wizard mode or `wheel mode'.
  Like these, it is often generalized to describe privileged states in systems other than OSes....