rare mode

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rare mode - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  rare mode
  
     <operating system> Unix CBREAK mode (character-by-character
     with keyboard 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.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-05-10)
  

rare mode - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 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.