page mode

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

page mode

   1. <hardware, storage> See {page mode DRAM}.

   2. <hardware> An operation mode of {video terminals} like the
   {IBM 3270}, in which the terminal only sends a completed input
   screen (page) to the host instead of sending each character as
   the keys are pressed.

   (1995-03-28)