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 ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian t ...

'' * ''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 Gregorian mode (or church mode) is one of the eight systems of pitch organization used in Gregorian chant. History The name of Pope Gregory I was attached to the variety of chant that was to become the dominant variety in medieval western and ...

, 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 In tabletop games and video games, game mechanics are the rules or ludemes that govern and guide the player's actions, as well as the game's response to them. A rule is an instruction on how to play, a ludeme is an element of play like the L-shap ...

, a mode used as a game mechanic in video games **

Digital camera modes Most digital cameras support the ability to choose among a number of configurations, or ''modes'', for use in various situations. Professional DSLR cameras provide several manual modes; consumer point-and-shoot cameras emphasize automatic 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) The seven standard Unix file types are ''regular'', ''directory'', ''symbolic link'', ''FIFO special'', ''block special'', ''character special'', and ''socket'' as defined by POSIX. Different OS-specific implementations allow more types than what PO ...

, 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 The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request. The imperative mood is used to demand or require that an action be performed. It is usually found only in the present tense, second person. To form the 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 In mathematics, there are many senses in which a sequence or a series is said to be convergent. This article describes various modes (senses or species) of convergence in the settings where they are defined. For a list of modes of convergence, se ...

, a property of a series

Places

Mode, Banmauk Mode is a village in Banmauk Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British Engli ...

, a village in Burma *

Mode, Illinois Mode is an unincorporated community in Holland Township, Shelby County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section ...

, an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Illinois, United States

Science

Mode (electromagnetism) The mode of electromagnetic radiation describes the field pattern of the propagating waves. Electromagnetic modes are analogous to the normal modes of vibration in other systems, such as mechanical systems. Some of the classifications of electroma ...

** Hybrid mode, such as

longitudinal-section mode Longitudinal-section modes are a set of a particular kind of electromagnetic transmission modes found in some types of transmission line. They are a subset of hybrid electromagnetic modes (HEM modes). HEM modes are those modes that have both an e ...

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 A longitudinal mode of a resonant cavity is a particular standing wave pattern formed by waves confined in the cavity. The longitudinal modes correspond to the wavelengths of the wave which are reinforced by constructive interference after many ...

Transverse mode A transverse mode of electromagnetic radiation is a particular electromagnetic field pattern of the radiation in the plane perpendicular (i.e., transverse) to the radiation's propagation direction. Transverse modes occur in radio waves and microwav ...

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