comm mode

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

comm mode
 /kom mohd/, n.

   [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line chat; the first word may be
   spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for {talk mode}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

comm mode

   <chat> (Or "com mode") An {ITS} feature supporting interactive
   on-line {chat}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-01-18)

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