semidetached mode

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Semidetached Mode

   <programming> A term used by {COCOMO} to describe a project
   development somewhere between organic and embedded.  The team
   members have a mixture of experienced and inexperienced
   personnel.  The software to be developed has some
   characteristics of both organic and embedded modes.
   Semidetached software can be as large as 300K {DSIs}.

   (1996-05-29)