LDB

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  LDB /l*'d*b/ vt. [from the PDP-10 instruction set] To extract from the
     middle. "LDB me a slice of cake, please." This usage has been kept alive
     by Common LISP's function of the same name. Considered silly.
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  LDB
       
          /l*'d*b/ [PDP-10 instruction] To extract from the middle.
          "LDB me a slice of cake, please."  This usage has been kept
          alive by Common LISP's function of the same name.  Considered
          silly.  See also {DPB}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]