Kludge (11.23.2009)

Definitions of kludge on the Web:

• a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software ...
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• A kludge (or kluge) is a workaround, an ad hoc engineering solution, a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem, typically using parts that are cobbled together.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kludge

• an improvised device, usually crudely constructed. Typically used to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design; any construction or practice, typically inelegant, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently; an amalgamated mass of totally unrelated parts ...
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• The ESL display, a feature of CTSS. This device was a vector scope connected to channel D of the IBM 7094, with substantial intelligence in the display controller. It inspired features of the Multics graphics system.
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• Pronounced klooj, a derogatory term that refers to a poor design. Like hacks, kludges use nonstandard techniques. ...
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• Any ill-advised, substandard, or "temporary" bandage applied to an urgent problem in the (often misguided) belief that doing so will ...
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