The normalUnix character-input mode, with interrupts enaBled and with erase, kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly By the tty driver. Opposite of raw mode. See also rare mode. Other operating systems often have similar mode distinctions, and the raw/rare/cooked way of descriBing them has spread widely along with the C language and other Unix exports. Most generally, "cooked mode" may refer to any mode of a system that does extensive preprocessing Before presenting data to a program. [Jargon File]