Определение character mode в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
The opposite of Graphics Mode See also Text Mode Windows and other GUI systems operate almost totally in graphics mode All DOS and most UNIX programs operate in text mode The PINE E-mail program operates in text (character) mode
when referring to Web browsers, character mode (also called textmode) means that such browsers can reproduce text data only They cannot produce graphics directly, without the assistance of a helper application