(1) Short for
LAN on motherboard. The term refers to a
chip or
chipset capable of
network connections that has been embedded directly on the
motherboard of a
desktop,
workstation or
server. Instead of requiring a separate
network interface card to access a
local-area network, such as
Ethernet, the circuits are attached to the motherboard. An advantage of a LOM system is an extra available
PCI slot that is not being used by the network adapter.
(2) An early programming language used for data processing.