May 15, 2003

rare mode

adj.

[Unix] CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled). Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode; the phrase a sort of half-cooked (rare?) mode is used in the V7/BSD manuals to describe the mode. Usage: rare.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:33 AM

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