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In Raskin's sense and according to his definition, an interface is not modal as long as the user is fully aware of its current state. Raskin refers to this as "locus of attention" (from the [[Latin]] word ''locus'' meaning "place" or "___location"). Typically a user is aware of a system state if the state change was purposefully initiated by the user, or if the system gives some strong signals to notify the user of the state change in the place where interaction occurs. If the user's locus of attention changes to a different area, the state of the interface may then represent a mode since the user is no longer aware of it.
[[Larry Tesler]] defined modes as "a state of the user interface that lasts for a period of time, is not associated with any particular object, and has no role other than to place an interpretation on operator input." <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tesler|first=Larry|date=2012-07-01|title=A personal history of modeless text editing and cut/copy-paste
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