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Kluge Around Vt. To Avoid A Bug Or Difficult Condition By Inserting A Kluge.
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kluge around vt.
To avoid a bug or difficult condition by
inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
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kluge around: vt. To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a {kluge}.
Compare {workaround}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
KLUGE (kloodj) alt. KLUDGE [from the German kluge, clever] n.
1. A Rube Goldberg device in hard/software. 2. A clever programming trick used as a stopgap measure, and noted for being more efficient than clear....
workaround n. 1. A temporary kluge used to bypass, mask, or otherwise avoid a bug or misfeature in some system.
Theoretically, workarounds are always replaced by fixe...
workaround: n. 1. A temporary {kluge} used to bypass, mask, or otherwise avoid a {bug} or {misfeature} in some system.
Theoretically, workarounds are always replaced by {fix}e...
kluge /klooj/ [from the German `klug', clever; poss.
related to Polish `klucz' (a key, a hint, a main point)] 1....
monkey up vt. To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job.
Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution....
monkey up: vt. To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job.
Connotes an extremely {crufty} and consciously temporary solution....
hack up vt. To hack, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
Contrast this with hack on. To `hack up on' implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system....
hack up: vt. To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1 (a quick hack).
Contrast this with {hack on}. To `hack up on' implies a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system....