Mode
Encyclopedia
Mode may mean:
- Transport mode, a means of transportation
- Block cipher modes of operationBlock cipher modes of operationIn cryptography, modes of operation is the procedure of enabling the repeated and secure use of a block cipher under a single key.A block cipher by itself allows encryption only of a single data block of the cipher's block length. When targeting a variable-length message, the data must first be...
, in cryptography - A technocomplex of stone toolStone toolA stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric, particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct...
s - Mode of productionMode of productionIn the writings of Karl Marx and the Marxist theory of historical materialism, a mode of production is a specific combination of:...
, a Marxist term for way of producing goods
Places
- Mode, IllinoisMode, IllinoisMode is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. Mode is west of Stewardson. Mode has a post office with ZIP code 62444....
, an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Illinois - Mode, BanmaukMode, BanmaukMode is a village in Banmauk Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Burma.-External links:*...
, a village in Burma
Mathematics
- Mode (statistics)Mode (statistics)In statistics, the mode is the value that occurs most frequently in a data set or a probability distribution. In some fields, notably education, sample data are often called scores, and the sample mode is known as the modal score....
, the most common value among a group - Modes of convergenceModes of convergenceIn mathematics, there are many senses in which a sequence or a series is said to be convergent. This article describes various modes of convergence in the settings where they are defined...
, a property of a series - Modes of a linear field
Science
- Normal modeNormal modeA normal mode of an oscillating system is a pattern of motion in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation. The frequencies of the normal modes of a system are known as its natural frequencies or resonant frequencies...
, patterns of vibration in acoustics, electromagnetic theory, etc.,- Mode shape
- Longitudinal modeLongitudinal modeFor the longitudinal mode of conduction of electric currents, see Common modeA longitudinal mode of a resonant cavity is a particular standing wave pattern formed by waves confined in the cavity. The longitudinal modes correspond to the wavelengths of the wave which are reinforced by constructive...
- Transverse modeTransverse modeA transverse mode of a beam of electromagnetic radiation is a particular electromagnetic field pattern of radiation measured in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction of the beam...
- Quasinormal modeQuasinormal mode-Wave Mechanics:Quasinormal modes are the modes of energy dissipation of aperturbed object or field. A familiar example is theperturbation of a wine glass with a knife: the glass begins to...
, a type of energy disspation of a perturbed object or field - Starvation mode, a biological condition
Language
- Mode (literature)Mode (literature)In literature, a mode is an employed method or approach, identifiable within a written work. As descriptive terms, form and genre are often used inaccurately instead of mode; for example, the pastoral mode is often mistakenly identified as a genre...
- Grammatical moodGrammatical moodIn linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used to signal modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying...
- Narrative mode
- Mode seriesMode seriesThe Mode series is a quartet of novels by Piers Anthony. Like many of Anthony’s other fictional works, it explores themes of violence, the abuse of power, sexism and male dominance, gender roles, the environment, integrity and personal honor, sapient animal life, parallel and alternative evolution,...
, a quartet of novels by Piers Anthony - Modes of persuasionModes of persuasionThe modes of persuasion are devices in rhetoric that classify the speaker's appeal to the audience. They are: ethos, pathos and logos.Aristotle's describes the modes of persuasion thus:-Ethos:...
, oratorical devices - The Devil's Mode, a collection of short stories by Anthony Burgess
Music
- Musical modeMusical modeIn the theory of Western music since the ninth century, mode generally refers to a type of scale. This usage, still the most common in recent years, reflects a tradition dating to the middle ages, itself inspired by the theory of ancient Greek music.The word encompasses several additional...
, a classification system of musical tonalities - Modus (medieval music)Modus (medieval music)In medieval music theory, the Latin term modus can be used in a variety of distinct senses. The most commonly used meaning today relates to the organisation of pitch in scales...
, several other technical senses of modus or mode in medieval music theory - Gregorian modeGregorian modeA Gregorian mode is one of the eight systems of pitch organization used to describe Gregorian chant.The name of Pope Gregory I was attached to the variety of chant that was to become the dominant variety in medieval western and central Europe by the Frankish cantors reworking Roman ecclesiastical...
, a pitch organization of Gregorian chant
Computing
- Modes (Unix)Modes (Unix)See also: Symbolic notation of file system permissionsModes are the permissions given to users, groups and/or the 'other' class to access files.Modes are shown when listing files in long format, or, if Access Control Lists are in use, using getfacl....
, permissions given to users and groups to access files and folders on Unix hosts. - Mode (computer interface)Mode (computer interface)In user interface design, a mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface, in which the same user input will produce perceived different results than it would in other settings....
, distinct method of operation within a computer system, in which the same user input can produce different results depending of the state of the system.- A game mode, a mode used as a game mechanic in videogames.
- a Windows command line, tool for configuration of devices and the consoleCommand-line interfaceA command-line interface is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks...
. - Asynchronous Transfer ModeAsynchronous Transfer ModeAsynchronous Transfer Mode is a standard switching technique designed to unify telecommunication and computer networks. It uses asynchronous time-division multiplexing, and it encodes data into small, fixed-sized cells. This differs from approaches such as the Internet Protocol or Ethernet that...
, a method of digital communication - data typeData typeIn computer programming, a data type is a classification identifying one of various types of data, such as floating-point, integer, or Boolean, that determines the possible values for that type; the operations that can be done on values of that type; the meaning of the data; and the way values of...
s in some programming languages (e.g. EL/1)
Popular culture
- Mode RecordsMode RecordsMode Records is an AmericaContemporary classical music|n record label based in New York City, New York, whose primary focus is modern classical, avant-garde, and new music. Composers featured include John Cage, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, and Harry Partch. Performers include Aki Takahashi,...
, a record label - MODE Magazine, a now out-of-print US women's fashion magazine created specifically to feature fashions over a US size 14 with a Vogue magazine-like creative aesthetic; see plus-size modelPlus-size modelPlus-size model is a term applied to a person who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical...
- Mode magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series Ugly BettyUgly BettyUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
- FashionFashionFashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
- Explosive ModeExplosive ModeExplosive Mode is a studio album by San Quinn and Messy Marv. It is the first installment in the three album series, which did well through independent sales and is considered a Bay Area classic in the late '90s.-Track listing:...
, an album