| 释义 |
kludge slang (orig. U.S.).|kluːdʒ|
Also kluge.
[J. W. Granholm's jocular invention: see first quot.; cf. also bodge v., fudge v.]
‘An ill-assorted collection of poorly-matching parts, forming a distressing whole’ (Granholm); esp. in Computing, a machine, system, or program that has been improvised or ‘bodged’ together; a hastily improvised and poorly thought-out solution to a fault or ‘bug’.
1962J. W. Granholm in Datamation Feb. 30/1 The word ‘kludge’ is..derived from the same root as the German Kluge.., originally meaning ‘smart’ or ‘witty’... ‘Kludge’ eventually came to mean ‘not so smart’ or ‘pretty ridiculous’. Ibid. 30/2 The building of a Kludge..is not work for amateurs. There is a certain, indefinable, masochistic finesse that must go into true Kludge building. 1966New Scientist 22 Dec. 699/1 Kludges are conceived of man's natural fallibility, nourished by his loyalty to erroneous opinion, and perfected by the human capacity to apply maximum effort only when proceeding in the wrong direction. 1976Electronic Design 5 Jan. 120 The technique uses some kluge wiring, which must be carefully done to avoid shorts and noise problems. 1979Personal Computer World Nov. 71/3 Kludge, a local modification or patch in a computer program to overcome some error or design fault. 1983Austral. Personal Computer Sept. 43/2 A well constructed and neat PCB with no obvious ‘kludges’ or last minute changes of mind. 1984Which Micro? Dec. 21/4 The QL is at last available..and without ‘kludges’ tacked on to make it work. 1987Electronics 25 June 67 They have to get this performance with simple air-cooled designs, not with liquid-cooled kluges.
Hence as v. trans., to improvise with a kludge or kludges; also kludged ppl. a.; ˈkludgemanship, skill in designing or applying kludges.
1962Datamation Feb. 30/2 It is in the lashing together of whole modules of equipment that the opportunity for applied kludgemanship presents itself to the hilt. 1966L. Harrisberger Engineersmanship vii. 108 The noble art of Kludgemanship capitalizes upon the design engineer's affinity for asininity and deals with the techniques for how to miss the perfect opportunity and succeed in achieving optimum imperfectability. 1983Verbatim Winter 17/1 To kludge means to put together some hardware (or write a program) by combining parts of existing computers or their programs. 1984QL User Dec. 19 Its history was most unfortunate to start with: production delays, ‘kludged’ machines, extra ROMs hanging off the back. |