Re: [w3c/manifest] Rename "default display mode" to "applied display mode" (PR #1215)

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## Pull request overview

Renames the spec term “default display mode” to “applied display mode” to better reflect that it’s the display mode currently in effect after UA choice/overrides.

**Changes:**
- Replaces “default display mode” with “applied display mode” in the display mode section.
- Updates related prose around manifest application and security override example wording.
- Tweaks the `display-mode` media feature sentence to reference the new term.





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> +        Once a manifest is [=applied=] to an <a>application context</a>, the
+        resulting <a>display mode</a> becomes the <dfn>applied display
+        mode</dfn> for the <a>top-level browsing context</a> (i.e., it is
+        the display mode used when the window is <a>navigated</a>). The user
+        agent MAY override the <a>applied display mode</a> for security
+        reasons (e.g., the <a>top-level browsing context</a> is
+        <a>navigated</a> out of scope) and/or the user agent MAY provide the
+        user with a means of switching to another <a>display mode</a>.

The term [=applied=] is defined as applying a processed manifest to a top-level browsing context (#applying), and an application context is defined as a top-level browsing context that already has a manifest applied. Saying the manifest is applied "to an application context" is circular/inconsistent with the definition; consider rephrasing to apply the manifest to a top-level browsing context (and note that this creates/updates the application context).
```suggestion
        Once a manifest is [=applied=] to a <a>top-level browsing context</a>,
        the resulting <a>display mode</a> becomes the <dfn>applied display
        mode</dfn> for that <a>top-level browsing context</a> (i.e., it is the
        display mode used when the window is <a>navigated</a>). The user agent
        MAY override the <a>applied display mode</a> for security reasons
        (e.g., the <a>top-level browsing context</a> is <a>navigated</a> out
        of scope) and/or the user agent MAY provide the user with a means of
        switching to another <a>display mode</a>.
```

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