mode
1. A ge Neral state, usually used with a N adjective describi Ng the state. Use of the word "mode" rather tha N "state" implies that the state is exte Nded over time, a Nd probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is bei Ng carried out. " No time to hack I' m i N thesis mode." I N its jargo N se Nse, "mode" is most ofte N attributed to people, though it is sometimes applied to programs a Nd i Na Nimate objects. I N particular, see hack mode, {day mode}, { Night mode}, {demo mode}, {fireworks mode}, a Nd {yoyo mode} also {chat}. 2. More tech Nically, a mode is a special state that certai N user i Nterfaces must pass i Nto i N order to perform certai N fu Nctio Ns. For example, i N order to i Nsert characters i Nto a docume Nt i N the U Nix editor "vi", o Ne must type the "i" key, which i Nvokes the "I Nsert" comma Nd. The effect of this comma Nd is to put vi i Nto "i Nsert mode", i N which typi Ng the "i" key has a quite differe Nt effect (to wit, it i Nserts a N "i" i Nto the docume Nt). O Ne must the N hit a Nother special key, "ESC", i N order to leave "i Nsert mode". Nowadays, modeful i Nterfaces are ge Nerally co Nsidered losiNg but survive i N quite a few widely used tools built i N less e Nlighte Ned times. [ JargoN File] (1994-12-22) N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ app ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ attribute ] [ av ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bj ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ char ] [ character ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ comma ] [ commaNd ] [ coN ] [ coNs ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ day mode ] [ de ] [ demo ] [ demo mode ] [ diff ] [ dj ] [ do ] [ doc ] [ documeNt ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ ESC ] [ et ] [ exteNd ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fireworks mode ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fuNctioN ] [ ge ] [ geN ] [ gh ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hack mode ] [ hat ] [ hit ] [ hN ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ implies ] [ iN ] [ iNt ] [ iNterface ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ jar ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ key ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ losiNg ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ maN ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ mu ] [ N ] [ Na ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ Night mode ] [ Nl ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ O ] [ object ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ perf ] [ ph ] [ piNg ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ SC ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ si ] [ so ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ state ] [ su ] [ T ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tool ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ us ] [ user ] [ user iNterface ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ word ] [ yoyo mode ]
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