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Kludge

A kludge or kluge (/klʌdʒ, kluːdʒ/) is a workaround or makeshift solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend, and hard to maintain. Its only benefit is that it rapidly solves an important problem using available resources. A famous example is the improvised CO2 scrubber that kept the astronauts alive on Apollo 13. This term is…

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Kludge

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Triples93
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Aerospace engineering · 18
Kludge → Flight Center, Gemini, Gemini Command Module, In, Johnson Space Center, Manned Spacecraft Center, McDonnell Douglas, MSC, NASA, National Aeronautics, Skylab, Skylab Airlock Module, Space Administration's Marshall Space, The, The Airlock Module's, The Skylab, Thus, US
related to External links · 13
Kludge → December, First Usage, Hoffman, Kludges, KludgeWork-arounds, KludgeWorld Wide Words, Kluge, Make-work, May, Philip Koopman, Robert, The Jargon File, UseNET
related to Germanic sources · 13
Kludge → American Yiddish, Brücke, Cf, Danish, Danish Jutland, Dutch, German, German Kloß, Klößchen, Krücke, Low German, Low Saxon, This
see also · 11
Kludge → Barnacle, Bodge, British English, Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, Indian, Japanese, Jury, MacGyver, MacGyverisms, TV, WWIIJugaad
related to Kludge vs. kluge · 10
Kludge → American, British, Eric, Kluge, Raymond, Scots, The Jargon File, The New Hacker's Dictionary, This Jargon File, World War II
related to Jackson W. Granholm · 9
Kludge → American, Datamation, Design, Granholm's, How, Jackson, OED, The OED, The Oxford English Dictionary
related to Computer science · 4
Kludge → Hack, In, It, To
is a · 2
Kludge → evasion of an unknown problem or bug in a computer program, heuristic which was expected to work almost always
related to Evolutionary neuroscience · 2
Kludge → David Linden, The
related to Etymology · 1
Kludge → The

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kluge term computer design used meaning word german use often problem slang evolutionary human rather also bug american around solution

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Kludgeis aheuristic which was expected to work almost always0.90text
Kludgeis aevasion of an unknown problem or bug in a computer program0.90text
computer scienceinstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
aerospace engineeringinstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
Internet slanginstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
evolutionary neuroscienceinstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
animationinstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
governmentinstance ofThis term is used in diverse fields0.80text
evolutionary neuroscienceinstance ofkludge refers to a piece of control data embedded inside a message.Evolutionary neuroscienceThe kludge or kluge metaphor has been adapted in fields0.80text
particularly in reference to the human brain.The neuroscientist David Linden discusses how intelligent design proponents have misconstrued brain anatomyinstance ofkludge refers to a piece of control data embedded inside a message.Evolutionary neuroscienceThe kludge or kluge metaphor has been adapted in fields0.80text
evolutionary neuroscienceinstance ofEvolutionary neuroscienceThe kludge or kluge metaphor has been adapted in fields0.80text
particularly in reference to the human brain.The neuroscientist David Linden discusses how intelligent design proponents have misconstrued brain anatomyinstance ofEvolutionary neuroscienceThe kludge or kluge metaphor has been adapted in fields0.80text

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