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• 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....
• go root: [UNIX] vi. To temporarily enter {root mode} in order to perform a privileged operation.
  This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. `root' refers to animal sex....
• 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....
• oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system.
  The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user)....
• demo mode: [Sun] n. 1. The state of being {heads down} in order to finish code in time for a {demo}, usually due yesterday.
  2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a portion of the game, also known as `attract mode'....
• wheel bit: n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
  uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
• go root vi. [Unix; common] To temporarily enter root mode in order to perform a privileged operation.
  This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. `root' is a synonym for "fuck"....
• fireworks mode: n. The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a {crash and burn} operation.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• are mode: [UNIX] adj. CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
  Distinguished from {raw mode} and {cooked mode}...