Rare mode
operating system
Unix CBREAK mode (character-by-character with keyboard 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.
[Jargon File]
(1995-05-10)
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- Rarer
[rair] /rɛər/ adjective, rarer, rarest. 1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions. 2. thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast. 3. having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; […]
- Rareripe
[rair-rahyp] /ˈrɛərˌraɪp/ Botany adjective 1. ripening early. noun 2. a fruit or vegetable that ripens early. /ˈrɛəˌraɪp/ adjective 1. ripening early noun 2. a fruit or vegetable that ripens early
- Rarest
[rair] /rɛər/ adjective, rarer, rarest. 1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions. 2. thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast. 3. having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; […]
- Raring
[rair-ing] /ˈrɛər ɪŋ/ adjective, Informal. 1. very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go. [rair] /rɛər/ verb (used without object), rared, raring. Older Use. 1. 2 (def 6). /ˈrɛərɪŋ/ adjective 1. ready; willing; enthusiastic (esp in the phrase raring to go) /rɛə/ adjective 1. not widely known; not frequently used or experienced; uncommon or unusual: […]
- Raring to go
Very eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go. This idiom uses raring for rearing, and alludes to a horse’s standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [ Early 1900s ]