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kludge

  [klooj]
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–noun Computer Slang.
a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.
Also, kluge.

Origin:
1960–65; expressive coinage
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kludge or kluge   (klōōj)   
n.   Slang

  1. A system, especially a computer system, that is constituted of poorly matched elements or of elements originally intended for other applications.

  2. A clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.


[From ironic use of earlier kluge, smart, clever, from spelling pronunciation of German kluge, from Middle High German kluc, from Middle Low German klōk.]
kludge v., kludg'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
kludge [klədʒ] or [kludʒ]

and kluge
  1. n.
    a patch or a fix in a computer program or circuit. : This is a messy kludge, but it will do the job.
  2. tv.
    to patch or fix a computer program circuit. : I only have time to kludge this problem.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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