kludge

views updated Jun 27 2018

kludge / kloōj/ (also kluge) inf. • n. an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose. ∎ Comput. a machine, system, or program that has been badly put together.• v. [tr.] use ill-assorted parts to make (something): Hugh had to kludge something together.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

kludge

views updated May 14 2018

kludge Informal An inelegant but effective mechanism (software and/or hardware).

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

kludge

All Sources -
Updated Aug 08 2016 About encyclopedia.com content Print Topic

You Might Also Like