/rȯ mōd/
n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system.
Compare rare.
This is techspeak under UNIX, jargon elsewhere.
n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system.
Compare rare.
This is techspeak under UNIX, jargon elsewhere.