In terminal emulation mode, they could make any terminal look like any other terminal.

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Its foray into autos raised concern about the driver distraction implications of its Terminal mode head unit device, an innovation that is right-on, in theory, but poorly executed.

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As early as tonight, the NASA team will upload repeating commands designed to "wring a few additional weather measurements" out of Phoenix by placing it in "terminal science mode, " meaning that the lander will repeat the same sequence of actions over and over again, every day before shutting down for 19 hours.

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In the case of traditional phones such as feature phones, terminal manufacturers have incorporated a protection mechanism called "secret mode" or "privacy mode" in their phones by developing dedicated application software and dedicated content file formats as a set.

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The camera also offers creative movie playback features, such as High-speed Movie mode for slow-motion playback and Time-lapse Movie mode for fast-forward playback, and features a micro-HDMI terminal (Type D) for the output of recorded movies and sound to external devices.

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