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Mode may mean:

• Mode (literature)
• Mode (statistics), the value that has the largest number of observations
• Musical mode, a classification system of musical tonalities
• Modus (medieval music), several other technical senses of modus or mode in medieval music theory
• Grammatical mood
• Normal mode, patterns of vibration in acoustics, electromagnetic theory, etc,
  • Mode shape
  • Longitudinal mode
  • Transverse mode
• Transport mode, a means of transportation
• Fashion
• Block cipher modes of operation, in cryptography

Computing

• Modes (Unix), permissions given to users and groups to access files and folders on Unix hosts.
• Mode (computer interface), distinct method of operation within a computer program, in which the same user input can produce different results depending of the state of the computer

Popular culture

• Mode Records, 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 model
• Mode magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series Ugly Betty

See also

• Modal
• Modality
• Modes Users Association which owns and develops the Modes family of database software

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