Mode ( la, modus meaning "manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody") may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* '' MO''D''E (magazine)'', a defunct U.S. women's fashion magazine * ''Mode'' magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series '' Ugly Betty'' * ''Mode'' (video game), a 1996 video game * Mode Records, a record label *

Mode Media Glam.com (formerly Mode Media, Inc. Project Y, Glam Media) was a digital lifestyle media company where content was produced by anyone but reviewed by professional editors prior to publishing. In 2013, Mode Media had a valuation of about $1 billi ...

, a defunct digital media company * ''Mode'' series, a quartet of novels by Piers Anthony *

Modern Organization for Dance Evolvement Carole Yvonne Johnson (born 1940) is an African American contemporary dancer and choreographer, known for her role in the establishment of the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), and as co-founder of Bangarra ...

, known as MODE, a 1970s modern dance organisation in New York

Music

* Mode (music), a system of musical tonality involving a type of scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic behaviors ** Modus (medieval music) *** Gregorian mode, a system of modes used in Gregorian chant (as opposed to ancient Greek modes or Byzantine octoechos) * "Mode", a song by PRhyme from the 2015 soundtrack '' Southpaw: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture''

Computing

Data type In computer science and computer programming, a data type (or simply type) is a set of possible values and a set of allowed operations on it. A data type tells the compiler or interpreter how the programmer intends to use the data. Most progra ...

s in some programming languages *

MODE (command) This article presents a list of commands used by DOS operating systems, especially as used on x86-based IBM PC compatibles (PCs). Other DOS operating systems are not part of the scope of this list. In DOS, many standard system commands were pro ...

, a DOS and Windows command line utility for the configuration of devices and the console * Mode (user interface), distinct method of operation within a computer system, in which the same user input can produce different results depending on the state of the system ** A game mode, a mode used as a game mechanic in video games ** Digital camera modes ** Direct mode, a software configuration where text input is processed outside of an application ** Immediate mode (computer graphics), a graphic library where commands produce direct rendering on the display * Modes (Unix), permissions given to users and groups to access files and folders on Unix hosts

Language

Grammatical mood In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used for signaling modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying (for example, a statement of ...

, also known as mode, a category of verbal inflections that expresses an attitude of mind ** Imperative mood **

Subjunctive mood The subjunctive (also known as conjunctive in some languages) is a grammatical mood, a feature of the utterance that indicates the speaker's attitude towards it. Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality ...

Mode (literature) In literature and other artistic media, a mode is an unspecific critical term usually designating a broad but identifiable kind of literary method, mood, or manner that is not tied exclusively to a particular form or genre. Examples are the ''sat ...

, the general category of a literary work, e.g. the pastoral mode * Rhetorical modes, a category of discourse ** Narrative mode, the type of method voice and point of view used to convey a narrative ** Modes of persuasion, oratorical devices

Mathematics

* Mode (statistics), the most common value among a group * Modes of convergence, a property of a series

Places

* Mode, Banmauk, a village in Burma * Mode, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Illinois, United States

Science

* Mode (electromagnetism) ** Hybrid mode, such as longitudinal-section mode *

Normal mode A normal mode of a dynamical system is a pattern of motion in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation. The free motion described by the normal modes takes place at fixed frequencies. ...

, patterns of vibration in acoustics, electromagnetic theory, etc. ** Longitudinal mode ** Transverse mode **

Global mode In mathematics and physics, a global mode of a system is one in which the system executes coherent oscillations in time. Suppose a quantity y(x,t) which depends on space x and time t is governed by some partial differential equation which does not h ...

Quasinormal mode Quasinormal modes (QNM) are the modes of energy dissipation of a perturbed object or field, ''i.e.'' they describe perturbations of a field that decay in time. Example A familiar example is the perturbation (gentle tap) of a wine glass with a kni ...

, a type of energy dissipation of a perturbed object or field *

Starvation mode Starvation response in animals (including humans) is a set of adaptive biochemical and physiological changes, triggered by lack of food or extreme weight loss, in which the body seeks to conserve energy by reducing the amount of calories it burns ...

, a biological condition

Other uses

Amateur radio modes The following is a list of the modes of radio communication used in the amateur radio hobby. Modes of communication Amateurs use a variety of voice, text, image, and data communications modes over radio. Generally new modes can be tested in the ...

Fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

* IL Mode, a former name of Bærum SK, a Norwegian association football club * Mode of transport, a means of transportation * A technocomplex of

stone tool A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric (particularly Stone Ag ...

s * Mode of production, a Marxist term for way of producing goods *, several ships of the Swedish Navy