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• yoyo mode: n. The state in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits....
• yoyo mode n. The state in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits....
• 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'....
• casters-up mode: [IBM, prob. fr. slang belly up] n.
  Yet another synonym for `broken' or `down'. Usually connotes a major failure....
• 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...
• Helen Keller mode: n. 1. State of a hardware or software system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.
  e., accepting no input and generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other excursion into {deep space}....
• 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)....
• 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....
• wedgitude: /wedj'i-t[y]ood/ n. The quality or state of being {wedged}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...