Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Semidetached Mode
     
         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 {DSI}s.
     
        (1996-05-29)