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• wizard mode n. [from rogue] 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)....
• cooked mode: [UNIX, by opposition with {raw mode}] n.
  The normal character-input mode, with interrupts enabled and with erase, kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly by the tty driver....
• 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....
• cooked mode n. [Unix, by opposition from raw mode] The normal character-input mode
  with interrupts enabled and with erase, kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly by the tty driver....
• aw mode: n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device (o
  under {bogus} systems that make a distinction, a disk file) without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system....
• 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'....
• are mode: [UNIX] adj. CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
  Distinguished from {raw mode} and {cooked mode}...