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• haque /hak/ n. [Usenet] Variant spelling of hack, used only for the noun form and connoting an elegant hack.
  hat is a hack in sense 2....
• 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....
• eat hack: n. 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value.
  Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch (see "{The Meaning of `Hack'}", appendix A)....
• hack attack: [poss. by analogy with `Big Mac Attack' from ads for the McDonald's fast-food chai
  he variant `big hack attack' is reported] n. Nearly synonymous with {hacking run}, though the latter more strongly implies an all-nighter....
• hackishness: n. The quality of being or involving a hack.
  This term is considered mildly silly. Syn. {hackitude}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• hackish: /hak'ish/ adj. (also {hackishness} n.) 1. Said of something that is or involves a hack.
  2. Of or pertaining to hackers or the hacker subculture....
• eal hack n. A crock. This is sometimes used affectionately; see hack.
• kluge up: vt. To lash together a quick hack to perform a task
  his is milder than {cruft together} and has some of the connotations of {hack up} (note, however, that the construction `kluge on' corresponding to {hack on} is never used)....
• hack value: n. Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack.
  For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value....