| Subject | English | French |
| comp. | character mode | mode de texte |
| comp., MS | character mode | mode caractère (" 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).") |
| commun. | character mode | mode charactère |
| comp. | character mode | mode de caractères |
| comp. | character mode | mode des caractères |
| commun., IT | character-mode access | accès mode caractère |
| IT | the application requires character-mode working at workstation level | l'application exige le travail en mode caractère au niveau des postes de travail |