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rare mode
adj. [Unix] CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode ; the phrase a sort of
half-cooked (rare?) mode is used in the V7/BSD manuals to describe the mode.
Usage: rare.