Unreferenced date October 2006 original research date January 2010 Attractmode is an arcade game s screen display shown when no one is playing the game. The main purpose of the attractmode is to attract passers by to play the game, although it might also have the side effect to act like a screen saver. An attractmode usually displays the game s title screen , the game s story if it has one , its high score list, sweepstakes on some games and the message Game Over or Insert Coin over or in addition to a computer controlled demonstration of gameplay . Cocktail arcade machines on which the screen flips its orientation for each player s turn in 2 player games traditionally have the screen s orientation in player 1 s favour for the attractmode. A few arcade games contain computer bug bugs which allow a person to play them during the attractmode without paying for a game. Two examples of this are Galaga and Tempest arcade game Tempest . Fact date May 2009 In Atari home video game s of the 1970s and 1980s, the term attractmode was sometimes used to denote a simple screensaver that slowly cycled the display colors to prevent phosphor burn in while the game was not being played. Attract modes demonstrating gameplay are common in current home videogames. In some games, such as Tomb Raider Legend or Super Metroid , the demonstration may include the solution to an in game puzzle. Sometimes the automated gameplay shown in the attractmode depicts events that would not occur during actual gameplay. For instance, in the attractmode of P.O.W. Prisoners of War , the character is able to grab a machine gun very early in the game, whereas he would have had to wait a while longer before that opportunity arose in the real game. Another example of this is evident in the arcade game Ghosts ... only be seen during the attractmode that level is impossible to be played even with gaming cheats . Such alterations ... features. See also Demo mode Category Video game gameplay arcade stub Videogame gameplay stub ... more details
wikt Attract may refer to Attractiveness Attractmode , in video gaming See also lookfrom intitle Attraction disambiguation Attractive disambiguation Attractor disambiguation Opposites Attract , a song by Paula Abdula disambig ... more details
Infobox single Name Opposites Attract Cover Paula abdul opposites attract single.jpg Artist Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat from Album Forever Your Girl Released November 28, 1989 B side One or the Other Format CD maxi , 7 single , 12 12 maxi n Audio cassette cassette Recorded 1988, 1989 Genre R&B , New Jack Swing Length 3 46 Label Virgin Records Virgin Writer Oliver Leiber Producer Oliver Leiber Certification Music recording sales certification Gold small RIAA US small Reviews Last single It s Just The Way That You Love Me re release br 1989 This single Opposites Attract br 1989 Next single Rush Rush br 1991 Opposites Attract is a song recorded by Paula Abdul , featured on her debut album Forever ... a bookstore. ref cite web title Opposites Attract Songfacts publisher Songfacts url http www.songfacts.com ... provided by Bruce DeShazer and Marv Gunn , aka The Wild Pair . Opposites Attract was the sixth and final ... Ago Paula Abdul hits No. 1 with Opposites Attract url http popwatch.ew.com 2010 02 19 20 years ago paula abdul hits no 1 with opposites attract publisher Entertainment Weekly date February 19, 2010 ... thriller A Very British Coup . Chart performances Opposites Attract became one of the most popular ..., the song itself is considered one of the first popular songs of the 1990s. Opposites Attract ... 10, peaking at 13. Track listings col begin col 2 US Euro 12 Euro CD single Opposites Attract Street mix Opposites Attract 12 mix Opposites Attract Dub mix Opposites Attract Magnetic mix Opposites Attract Club mix Opposites Attract Party dub UK CD single Opposites Attract Street mix One or the Other album track Opposites Attract Club mix Opposites Attract Party dub col end Official mixes Album version ... ARIA Chart Australian ARIA Singles Chart ref name Lescharts Opposites Attract , in various singles charts ... Paula Abdul songs Category RPM Top Singles number one singles Category Vocal duets cs Opposites Attract de Opposites Attract ... more details
wiktionarypar mode TOCright Mode etymology from Latin modus manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody may mean Transport mode , a means of transportation Block cipher modes of operation , in cryptography A technocomplex of stone tool s Mode of production , a Marxist term for way of producing goods Places Mode, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Illinois Mode, Banmauk , a village in Burma Mathematics Mode statistics , the value that has the largest number of observations Modes of convergence , a property of a series Science Normal mode , patterns of vibration in acoustics, electromagnetic theory, etc, Mode shape Longitudinal mode Transverse mode Quasinormal mode , a type of energy disspation of a perturbed object or field Starvation mode , a biological condition Language Mode literature Grammatical mood Narrative modeMode series , a quartet of novels by Piers Anthony Modes of persuasion , oratorical devices The Devil s Mode , a collection of short stories by Anthony Burgess Music Musical mode , a classification system of musical tonalities Modus medieval music , several other technical senses of modus or mode in medieval music theory Gregorian mode , a pitch ... to access files and folders on Unix hosts. Mode computer interface , distinct method of operation within ... interface console . Asynchronous Transfer Mode , a method of digital communication Popular culture Mode Records , a record label MO D E Magazine , a now out of print US women s fashion magazine created ... see plus size model Mode magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series Ugly Betty Fashion Explosive Mode , an album See also Modal disambiguation Modality disambiguation disambig ar cs M d es Modo fa fr Mode ko it Moda disambigua nl Modus ja pl Moda pt Moda desambigua o sl Modus razlo itev su Mode fi Moodi sv Mode olika betydelser tr Moda anlam ayr m vi Mode nh h ng ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Description This is the front cover for the single Opposites Attract by the artist Paula Abdul . The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Virgin, or the graphic artist. Source May be found at the following website http australian charts.com showitem.asp?interpret Paula Abdul&titel Opposites Attract&cat s Australian charts.com Article Opposites Attract Portion Single cover only, a small portion of the commercial product. Low resolution Yes. Purpose Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user s understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone.The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for.Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist s providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public. Replaceability As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. other information Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. br The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder s rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book. Licensing Non free album cover ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The demo mode short for demonstration mode is a feature often found in consumer electronics . A demo mode is usually programmed into the unit s firmware, and is often accessed by the pressing of a combination of keys. Demo mode is usually activated by retailer retail stores on their consumer electronics floor model s. The purpose of a demo mode is twofold It demonstrates the features of the unit in question It catches the eye of the consumer with a flashy show of lights, entertaining sound, or both. The central idea behind a demo mode is in store advertising. See also Attractmode DEFAULTSORT Demo Mode Category Consumer electronics Electronics stub Ad stub ... more details
Video mode can mean Operation mode used in DVD recorder to create DVD Video compatible discs. See also VR Mode Operation mode in frame buffer Framebuffer Display modes display modes Disambig ... more details
Burst mode may refer to Burst mode computing , a computer term for the repeated transmission of data by a device without waiting for additional input. Burst mode firearm , a firing mode enabling a pre determined number of rounds to be fired with a single pull of the trigger. Burst mode photography , a mode of operating a camera that allows multiple snapshots to be taken in a single click of the shutter. Bursting or burst mode , a rapid signaling mode in neurons. in fiction Burst mode , in the Digimon fictional universe, a type of digivolution used in Digimon Savers that surpasses the Mega level disambig ... more details
about company behavior military anti detection measures stealth technology In business, stealth mode is a company s temporary state of secretiveness, usually undertaken in order to avoid alerting competitors to a pending product launch or other business initiative. ref cite web accessdate 2007 12 05 publisher PC Magazine url http www.pcmag.com encyclopedia term 0,2542,t stealth mode&i 56097,00.asp title Definition of stealth mode ref ref name hush cite news url http findarticles.com p articles mi m0DTI is 4 29 ai 73121430 accessdate 2007 12 05 publisher Entrepreneur title Hush Hush stealth product development can protect innovations date April, 2001 author Mark Henricks ref A stealth product is a product a company develops in secret, and a stealth company is a new company that avoids initial disclosure as to its existence, purpose, products, personnel, funding, brand name, or other important attributes. Background Whereas secrecy is the historical norm in many fields of business, ref name hush Startup company start up companies often thrive on publicity and open sharing of information. Openness is common to the business culture of Silicon Valley and other technology centers, with competitors freely exchanging news of discoveries, products under development, and other company news. There is intense media interest in some business sectors, with even relatively small funding round s covered in specialized press. Public relations is considered useful to attract interest from talent, customers, and investors, and to promote the careers of the people involved. Additionally, competitors often collaborate on projects, or buy each other s products. Some companies nevertheless avoid publicity in fields that are ordinarily not secretive. Among the reasons, a small, relatively unfunded company may wish to avoid giving companies with more resources time to develop competing technologies ... mode it may attempt to mislead the public about its true company goals. For example it may give code ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In a wiki , document mode is the conventional mode of editing, in which the current version of the page is a coherent and self contained whole, reflecting only the result of the last update and not any history. The page is simply the current version of the document, hence the name document mode . In document mode, maintenance of the history is left entirely to the wiki software, as opposed to thread mode , where the history of a discussion is also reflected in the current page. MediaWiki provides the even numbered namespaces for document mode, often used for articles and other pages such as policy documents, and for each an odd numbered namespace for discussion, in thread mode . External links http www.usemod.com cgi bin mb.pl?DocumentMode MeatBall description of document mode http c2.com cgi wiki?DocumentMode A discussion of the use of document mode web software stub Category Wiki concepts ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 X86 Processor Modes In x86 computing , unreal mode , also big real mode , huge real mode , or flat real mode , is a variant of real mode PE 0 , in which one or more data ... addressing mode that the x86 and x86 64 processors can operate in. It is used in the 80386 ... of whether they are operating in real or protected mode. The selector , i.e. the 16 bit segment ... than in real mode only 1 mebibyte MiB only 640 kibibyte KiB usable on IBM PC compatible machines , without losing access to the DOS operating system which doesn t work in protected mode . After the introduction of Windows 95 , unreal mode quickly fell out of favor because programs using it cannot run in the DOS prompt of Microsoft Windows they require a Restart in MS DOS mode in Windows 95 and Windows ... systems, an emulator such as DOSBox is the only way to run programs designed for unreal mode. Unreal mode is still extensively used by BIOS code Citation needed date February 2011 . In particular the SMM mode in Intel 386SL and later processors places the processor in unreal mode. Enabling Unreal Mode To enable unreal mode without using any undocumented features of the CPU, the program has to enter protected mode , find or create a flat descriptor in the global descriptor table GDT or local descriptor table LDT , load some of the data segment registers with the respective protected mode selector , and then switch back to real mode. After returning to real mode, the processor will continue using the cached descriptors as established in protected mode, thus allowing access to 4 GiB of extended memory from real mode. There is a time penalty for leaving protected mode on the 286, because ... PC, 1994, pages 67 69, ISBN 0 201 62277 7 ref , can be used to enter unreal mode more quickly. Huge versus Big real mode As described above, unreal mode usually involves using one or more ... referred to as big real mode. Huge real mode is attained by, in addition, loading the code selector ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Minimum mode is one of two different hardware mode s of the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 8088 processors Central processing unit CPU . The other is maximum mode . Mode selection is accomplished by how the chip is hard wired in the circuit. Specifically, pin 33 MN MX is used to select the mode, depending on whether it is wired to voltage or to ground. Changing the state of pin 33 changes the function of certain other pins. Mode cannot be changed by software. Category x86 architecture ... more details
Common mode is a term in engineering with at least two independent meanings. Of electrical signals, Common mode rejection ratio , the ratio of rejection of common mode signals to differential signals Common mode interference , interference that appears on both signal leads, or coherent interference that affects two or more elements of a network Common mode signal , a component of an analog signal with the same sign on two signal leads Common mode failure is when one event causes multiple systems to fail disambig ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Maximum mode is one of the two hardware modes available to the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 8088 processors Central processing unit CPU . The other is minimum mode . Maximum mode is for large applications such as multiprocessing . The mode is hard wired into the circuit and cannot be changed by software. Specifically, pin 33 MN MX is either wired to voltage or to ground to determine the mode. Changing the state of pin 33 changes the function of certain other pins, most of which have to do with how the CPU handles the local computer bus bus . The IBM PC and PC XT use an Intel 8088 running in maximum mode. http www.8085projects.info post Maximum Mode Interface.aspx DEFAULTSORT Maximum Mode Category X86 architecture ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 X86 Processor Modes Real mode , also called real address mode , is an operating mode of 80286 and later x86 compatible Central processing unit CPUs . Real mode is characterized ... and unlimited direct software access to all memory, I O addresses and peripheral hardware. Real mode ..., back to the original 8086 , have only one operational mode, which is equivalent to real mode in later chips. All x86 CPUs in the 80286 series and later start in real mode when reset. History The 286 architecture introduced protected mode , allowing for among other things hardware level memory ... to start in real mode &mdash that is, in a mode which turned off the new memory protection features ..., even the newest x86 CPUs including x86 64 CPUs start in real mode at power on and can run software ... BIOS which IBM introduced operates in real mode, as do the DOS operating systems MS DOS , DR DOS , etc. . Early versions of Microsoft Windows ran in real mode, until Windows 386 , which ran in protected mode, and the more fully realized Windows 3.0 , which could run in either real or protected mode. Windows 3.0 could actually run in two flavours of protected mode standard mode , which ran using protected mode, and 386 enhanced mode , which is a virtualized version of standard mode and thus would not run on a 286. Windows 3.1 removed support for real mode, and it was the first mainstream operating ... Unix , Linux , OS 2 , Windows 95 and later, etc. switch the CPU into protected mode at startup, but 64 bit operating systems will use this only as another stepping stone to get to long mode . It is worth noting that the protected mode of the 80286 is considerably more primitive than the improved protected mode introduced with the 80386 the latter is sometimes called 386 protected mode, and is the mode ... to 24 bits even in real mode. Therefore, for the segment FFFFh and offset greater than 000Fh, the 80286 .... So the actual amount of memory addressable by the 80286 and later x86 CPUs in real mode is 1 MB 64 ... more details
For the spacecraft operating mode Safe mode spacecraft Safe mode is a Diagnosis diagnostic mode of a computer operating system OS . It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software . Safe mode is intended to fix most, if not all problems within an operating system. Operating system safe mode Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X are examples of contemporary operating systems that implement a safe mode called Safe Boot in Mac OS X as well as other complex electronics electronic devices . An operating system in safe mode will have reduced functionality, but the task of isolating problems ... booting boot into its safe mode typically has a major problem, such as disk corruption or the installation ... normal operating mode. Though it varies by operating system, typically safe mode loads as few ... necessary to display information and accept input. Safe mode can also take the form of a parallel ... , a small text based troubleshooting mode kept separate from the main operating system and can also be accessed by booting the install CD , or to various safe mode options that run the dysfunctional operating system, but with features such as video drivers, audio and networking disabled. Safe mode ... the operating system from working normally. Safe mode is intended for maintenance, not functionality, and provides minimal access to features. Microsoft Windows safe mode is accessed by pressing ... of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP ref Also, in a multi boot environment with multiple ... to get to safe mode. An equivalently minimal setting in Unix like operating systems is Runlevel single user mode , in which Daemon computer software daemons and the X Window System are not started ... single user mode and grub ref . On Mac OS versions 6, 7, 8 and 9, a similar mode is achieved ... maintenance features Besides the mode selection, it runs a file system repair, and in Mac OS 10.4, it disables ... http hints.macworld.com article.php?story 20080414140636495 ref . In Windows, safe mode with Computer ... more details
dicdef In electronics, service mode describes a mode not normally accessible. Service mode gives features that allows the user to check a device s status, test its features or change settings. Service mode should not be entered by a user without knowledge as some of the features might cause data loss or Brick electronics Bricking the device. Category Maintenance ... more details
In cryptography , CWC Mode Carter Wegman Block cipher modes of operation CTR mode is an AEAD block cipher modes of operation AEAD block cipher mode of operation that provides both encryption and built in message integrity, similar to CCM and OCB modes. Designed by Tadayoshi Kohno , John Viega and Doug Whiting , NIST is http csrc.nist.gov groups ST toolkit BCM modes development.html currently considering CWC mode for standardization. It combines the use of CTR mode for encryption with an efficient polynomial Carter Wegman MAC . External links http www.zork.org cwc CWC mode home page http eprint.iacr.org 2003 106 CWC A high performance conventional authenticated encryption mode eprint http gladman.plushost.co.uk oldsite AES index.php Implementation of CWC on top of Advanced Encryption Standard AES . crypto stub Crypto navbox block Category Block cipher modes of operation ... more details
Direct mode is a computing term referring to the input of textual Command computing commands outside the context of a program. The command would be executed immediately and the results printed on screen, in contrast to programming mode where nothing would be executed until the RUN command was given Run command RUN is an example of a direct mode command. Some commands could be used in either mode, others were exclusive to one or the other. Direct mode was most often used on 8 bit systems such as the Commodore 64 and Atari 800 series, though modern interpreted languages like Python programming language Python and Perl include shells where commands may be entered for immediate evaluation and execution. Example Non direct mode code 10 PRINT HELLO WIKIPEDIA READY. RUN HELLO WIKIPEDIA READY. code Direct mode code PRINT HELLO WIKIPEDIA HELLO WIKIPEDIA READY. code Category User interfaces Category Computing terminology ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 In the term mode coupling , as used in physics and electrical engineering, the word mode refers to eigenmode s of an idealized, unperturbed , linear system . Most often, these eigenmodes are plane wave s. The superposition principle says that eigenmodes of linear systems are independent of each other it is possible to excite or to annihilate a specific mode without influencing any other mode there is no dissipation . In most real systems, however, there is at least some nonlinearity nonlinear perturbation that causes energy transfer between different modes. This perturbation, interpreted as an interaction between the modes, is what is called mode coupling . Important applications are In fiber optics In lasers compare mode locking In condensed matter physics, critical slowing down can be described by a mode coupling theory See also nonlinear optics and nonlinear acoustics . category condensed matter physics category optics category Telecommunications ... more details
In fiber optics , mode volume is the number of bound Transverse mode modes that an optical fiber is capable of supporting. The mode volume M is approximately given by math 4V 2 over pi 2 math and math V 2 over 2 left g over g 2 right math , respectively for step index profile step index and power law index profile fibers, where g is the profile parameter, and V is the normalized frequency , which must be greater than 5 for this approximation to be valid . See also Equilibrium mode distribution Mode scrambler Mandrel wrapping References FS1037C MS188 Category Fiber optics optics stub ... more details
In telecommunications , a mode scrambler or mode mixer is a device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber , or a device that, itself, exhibits a uniform output intensity profile independent of the input mode volume or modal excitation condition. Mode scramblers are used to provide a modal distribution that is independent of the optical source for purposes of laboratory, manufacturing, or field ... range of mode power distribution be excited in fiber by semiconductor lasers, mode scramblers ... mode delay, which is a normally unpredictable residue caused by imperfections or nonideality of the fiber ... content and emission region size, which results in variation of the mode power distribution excited in the fiber. In conjunction with the fiber s differential mode delay, the result is variation and non reproducibility of the measured fiber bandwidth. The mode scrambler has two purposes. Determination ... mode delays and reducing excitation variability caused by minor misalignment between source and fiber. On average, but not in every case, the bandwidth measured using a mode scrambler is lower than that produced by excitation of a partial mode volume, such as occurs with directly coupled laser diodes. One common type of mode scrambler is the Step Graded Step S G S fiber assembly, a fusion ... used in fiber manufacturing test systems since about 1980. Other forms of mode scrambler include corregated ... enhances mode coupling. The reproducibility of microbend induced mode scramblers is not as good as that of the S G ... of the fibers, joined with stable fusion splices. A mode scrambler can be characterized by measuring its output intensity nearfield distribution as a small mode volume source, such as a laser or single mode fiber, is placed or imaged at each of several positions across the core of the mode scrambler ... a figure of merit for the mode scrambler. Practical mode scramblers only approximate the ideal result. See also Equilibrium mode distribution Mandrel wrapping References FS1037C MS188 Category Telecommunications ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In computing, legacy mode is a state in which a computer system, component, or software application behaves in a way different from its standard operation in order to support older software, data, or expected behavior. It differs from backward compatibility in that an item in this state will often sacrifice newer features or performance, or be unable to access data or run programs it normally could, in order to provide continued access to older data or functionality. Sometimes it can allow newer technologies that replaced the old to emulate them when running older operating systems. Examples x86 64 processors can be run in one of two states long mode provides larger physical address spaces and the ability to run 64 bit applications which can use larger virtual address spaces and more registers, and legacy mode. These processors legacy mode allows these processors to act as if they were 16 or 32 bit x86 processors with all of the abilities and limitations ... 8086 mode to run in Windows. 32 bit x86 processors themselves have two legacy modes real mode and virtual 8086 mode. Real mode causes the processor to mostly act as if it was an original 8086, while virtual 8086 mode allows the creation of a virtual machine to allow the running of programs that require real mode in order to run under a protected mode environment. Protected mode is the non legacy mode of 32 bit x86 processors and the 80286. Most personal computer PC graphic card s have a Video Graphics Array VGA and a Super video graphics array SVGA mode that allows them to be used on systems .... Operating system s often have a special mode allowing them to emulate an older release in order ... of Mac OS 9 applications on PowerPC based Macintoshes. Computer buses emulated through legacy mode ... computing Connection types USB keyboard Many SATA disk controllers offer a legacy mode of operation ... Legacy Mode Category Backward compatibility Category Legacy hardware Category Legacy systems ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Coasting mode is defined in Federal Standard 1037C as a specific timing mode in timing dependent system. It is defined as a free running operational timing mode in which continuous or periodic measurement of clock error, i.e., of timing error, is not made. Operation in the coasting mode may be extended for a period of time by using clock error data or clock correction data obtained during a prior period of operation in the tracking mode to estimate clock corrections. ref citation title Communications Standard Dictionary author Martin H. Weik year 1996 publisher SpringerAudio id ISBN 0412083914 url http books.google.com ?id ND2c1uq53TIC&pg PA141&lpg PA141&dq 22Coasting mode 22 timing isbn 9780412003417 ref References references FS1037C Category Synchronization operating system stub ... more details
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