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line-mode

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

In high and far-off times, people did not see computer programs through windows. They typed commands on a terminal, and the computer replied with text, which was displayed on the screen (or printed on a roll of paper) interleaved with the commands, much as though the person were in a chat session with the computer program. If you have seen a "DOS window," then you have some idea of how people did their communicating with computers in those days, before they learned how to drag and drop. Line-mode is still a very respectable way to communicate with a computer.
A Web client that communicated with the user in line-mode and could run all kinds of computers that did not have windows or mice.
line-mode browser

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A Web client that communicated with the user in line-mode and could run all kinds of computers that did not have windows or mice.

The Glossary System has been built by Pierre Candela during an internship in W3C; it's now maintained by Dominique Hazael-Massieux

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