kludgie

adj. made up of many perplexing parts, difficult to understand and virtually impossible to follow.

The design of Richard's payroll program is way to kludgie; have him repair the bug.

by G. Wesley Davis May 13, 2005

kludgebucket

poorly designed, thown together computer hardware and/or software, comprised of odds and ends of other pieces of hardware and/or software, and barely capable of performing the task(s) for which it was created.

"The old PC she uses to control the lighting in her home is a real kludgebucket."

by bustapost October 8, 2008

kludge

A quick, messy but functional fix or workaround to a problem.

The server chassis was snapped in two, but I've kludged it together with electrical tape.

by Alli February 4, 2003

kludge

Not a necessarily a quick fix - but a unique, cheap approach to a sudden engineering disaster that arises; It's not pretty.

Also the only word of this variety to avoid being a disparaging remark about a group of people.

Engineer 1: "look I fixed it!"

Engineer 1: "Turns out that a single matchbook cover can hold this entire 3 ton mechanism stable."

Engineer 2: "thats's a total kludge."

by Rotella-T December 17, 2013

kludge

Bad code that works but is barely readable, overly complex and unmaintainable.

This code is a total kludge!

by Kristin October 8, 2001

kludgey

awkward, unpolished, designed with complete disregard to established rules, potentially fatal

The kludgey highway off-ramp that curled into a figure-eight loop before turning into a two-foot merge lane into traffic was cited as the cause of numerous accidents by the state highway patrol.

by Webster'03 January 28, 2003

kludge

1. a patch or fix in a computer program, especially a clumsy one

2. to fix a computer program

The way things work with that system is a kludge.

by The Return of Light Joker October 1, 2010