raw mode

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

  raw mode
  
     <operating system> 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
     .
  
     Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are
     generally regarded as broken.
  
     Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2002-04-14)
  

raw mode - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  raw mode
   n.
  
     A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an
     I/O device (or, under bogus operating systems that make a
     distinction, a disk file) without any processing, abstraction, or
     interpretation by the operating system. Compare rare mode, cooked mode
     . This is techspeak under Unix, jargon elsewhere.