mode
1. A g en eral stat e, usually us ed with an adj ectiv e d escribing th e stat e. Us e of th e word "mod e" rath er than "stat e" impli es that th e stat e is ext end ed ov er tim e, and probably also that som e activity charact eristic of that stat e is b eing carri ed out. "No tim e to hack I' m in th esis mod e." In its jargon s ens e, "mod e" is most oft en attribut ed to p eopl e, though it is som etim es appli ed to programs and inanimat e obj ects. In particular, s ee ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=hack mode">hack mode, {day mod e}, {night mod e}, {d emo mod e}, {fir eworks mod e}, and {yoyo mod e} also {chat}. 2. Mor e t echnically, a mod e is a sp ecial stat e that c ertain us er int erfac es must pass into in ord er to p erform c ertain functions. For exampl e, in ord er to ins ert charact ers into a docum ent in th e Unix editor "vi", on e must typ e th e "i" k ey, which invok es th e "Ins ert" command. Th e eff ect of this command is to put vi into "ins ert mod e", in which typing th e "i" k ey has a quit e diff er ent eff ect (to wit, it ins erts an "i" into th e docum ent). On e must th en hit anoth er sp ecial k ey, " eSC", in ord er to l eav e "ins ert mod e". Nowadays, mod eful int erfac es ar e g en erally consid er ed ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=losing">losing but surviv e in quit e a f ew wid ely us ed tools built in l ess enlight en ed tim es. [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1994-12-22) e="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=31">2 ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=262">ad ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=411">ai ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=759">arg ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=931">attribute ] [ 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