kludge
noun
a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.
kluge
-
a variation of
kludge.
Example Sentences
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From there, the brain simply continued to develop using this linear mode of thinking, as a kluge rather than a rationally designed machine.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
Whatever the kluge was, it worked, but it means the Bigfeet’s gait is a little herky-jerky.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2023
“But there’s a fine line between kluge and just doing the best with what you got, and I think that’s what we’re all trying to do.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
It epitomized the ultimate kluge, a term invented years ago by a computer geek, writing about computer stuff, and it meant using junk to craft a workable if ugly solution to a problem.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021
It apparently became confused with U.S. kluge during or after World War II; some Britons from that era use both words in definably different ways, but kluge is now uncommon in Great Britain.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
