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A kludge (or kluge ) is a workaround, a quick-and-dirty solution, a clumsy or inelegant, yet effective, solution to a problem, typically using parts that are cobbled together. This term is diverse...
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In information technology, a kludge is an awkward or clumsy (but at least temporarily effective) solution to a programming or hardware design or implementation problem. ... Home > CIO Definitions - Kludge...
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1. A crude or jerry-rigged, often short-term solution; a kludge can be hardware or software. 2. A program thought to be made in haste, or with little effort or forethought. Often a kludge will do the task, but lacks in efficiency or aesthetic quality. ... Word : kludge...
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Can you shed any light on origin of 'kludge'? ... [Q] From Rich Holton: My background is in computer programming, and in my early days (somewhere around 1988), I ran into the word kludge, which was used to describe a work of programming that was done hastily and inelegantly.
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This word appears to have derived from Scots kludge or kludgie for a common toilet, via British military slang. 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.
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