| Subject | English | Italian |
| commun. | text mode | modo testo |
| comp., MS | text mode | modalità testo (" A display mode in which the monitor can display letters, numbers, and other text characters but no graphical images or WYSIWYG ("what-you-see-is-what-you-get") character formatting (italics, superscript, and so on).") |
| comp., MS | text-mode Setup | installazione in modalità testo (The second of the three stages of Setup, where the basic hardware of the computer (CPU, motherboard, hard disk controllers, file systems, and memory) is determined, the base operating system necessary to continue is installed, and specified folders are created) |