locate mode
locate mode
[′lō‚kāt ‚mōd] (computer science)
A method of communicating with an input/output control system (IOCS), in which the address of the data involved, but not the data themselves, is transferred between the IOCS routine and the program.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.