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raw mode
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raw mode /n./ A mode that allows a program to transfer bits
directly to or from an I/O device (or, under bogus 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.
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