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privileged mode

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privileged mode
An operational state of hardware or software that has the highest priority. Also called the "supervisor mode" or "supervisor state," it is typically the mode in which the operating system runs.
privileged mode [′priv·ə·lijd ‚mōd]
(computer science)


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The aesthetic of the sublime in art and literature best informs the understanding of 20th-century art in general, he says, and this category becomes the privileged mode in the attempt to bear witness to the truth of the historical situation in the mostly highly developed countries of the world.
The discourse of home, because it conveys a relation to the nation rather than some kind of objectivist definition of it, clearly implies not only an image of a nation that is one's own, but also of a self that occupies a privileged position vis-a-vis the nation, a privileged mode of inhabiting it.
This unprecedented level of security is achieved by implementing multiple secure cells, operating in user mode, under the control of a hypervisor that operates in privileged mode, which allows the development and configuration of a system running in completely virtualized yet protected spaces without requiring access to privileged mode at any point.
 
 
 
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