kludge

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [klooj]
- /kludʒ/
- /klʌʤ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klooj]
- /kludʒ/

Definitions of kludge word

noun kludge a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task. 1
noun kludge An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose. 1
noun Technical meaning of kludge (jargon) /kluhj/ (From the old Scots "kludgie" meaning an outside toilet) A Scottish engineering term for anything added in an ad hoc (and possibly unhygenic!) manner. At some point during the Second World War, Scottish engineers met Americans and the meaning, spelling and pronunciation of kludge became confused with that of "kluge". The spelling "kludge" was apparently popularised by the "Datamation" cited below which defined it as "An ill-assorted collection of poorly matching parts, forming a distressing whole." The result of this tangled history is a mess; in 1993, many (perhaps even most) hackers pronounce the word /klooj/ but spell it "kludge" (compare the pronunciation drift of mung). Some observers consider this appropriate in view of its meaning. 1
countable noun kludge You can refer to an unsophisticated but fairly effective solution to a problem as a kludge. Kludge is used especially to talk about solutions to computing problems. 0
noun kludge an unsophisticated but fairly effective solution to a problem; esp a computing problem 0
noun kludge a piece of computer hardware or software, or a computer system, that is clumsily designed or improvised from mismatched parts 0

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Origin of kludge

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65; expressive coinage

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kludge popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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