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• fudge 1. vt. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program.
  I didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it -- I'll fix it later....
• diddle 1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner.
  I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double-space all the time....
• crunch 1. vi. To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way.
  Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is nonetheless painful to perform....
• crunch: 1. vi. To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way.
  Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is nonetheless painful to perform....
• diddle: 1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious manner.
  I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't double-space all the time....
• patch 1. n. A temporary addition to a piece of code, usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing bug or misfeature.
  A patch may or may not work, and may or may not eventually be incorporated permanently into the program....
• by hand: adv. 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
  trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....
• by hand adv. [common] 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
  ivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....
• I 'll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your antic round.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act iv, Sc. 1...