LMJargon

1. v. To grab a large potted plant by the base of the pot and show affection by putting ones arms around it.

1. n. The computer in which a board, card or controller lives. Host-based referred to LM products in which the computer did all the work, and the controller was replaced by a card. Harold was called a host-based controller, in marketing materials, even though it came with a card, which just goes to show you what marketing knows.

1. n. Software running on the host processor, as opposed to running on the controller.

1. obsolete n. One of four original software development teams originally located in the large PC Land bay; group of software engines gathered together to work on ***. See also Butterfinger Group, Cow Group and Jungle Group.

1. Obsolete n. One of four original software development teams originally located in the large PC Land bay; group of software engines gathered together to work on ***. See also Butterfinger Group, Cow Group and Sandwich Group.

1. Obsolete n. One of four original PC software development teams which has long since disbanded; group of software engines gathered together to work on LX microcode; the first team to name itself, the name borrowed from an 1988 animated Butterfinger commercial featuring the young Bart Simpson; The other three groups followed quickly in suit, naming themselves respectively the Cow Group, the Jungle Group and the Sandwich Group.

1. n. The area or areas of the R&D building where the PC software engines live; the large bay in the 7188 section of the building and recently also the small room at the back of the 7182 section. Lines have become less clear with the movement of the Cow Group out of and then back into the main bay.

1. n. One of four original software development teams originally located in the large PC Land bay; the last surviving team of the four; group of software engines gathered together to work on drivers. See Butterfinger Group, Jungle Group and Sandwich Group. See also Ushi Gumi.

n. Cow Group in Japanese. 牛組

1. n. Sunday night or Monday morning; if something is due by Friday, it's really due by Monday morning.