(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 14:43:17
ravs = R = RBL

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.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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