[ARC5] Kludge - an honest definition

[Ian Wilson]

..except it's usually pronounced "kloodge" here in the US (I'm a Limey, so
made the mistake of rhyming it with "fudge" when I first saw it).

73, ian

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk> wrote:

> Come to think of it, 'kludge' sounds very much like 'fudge' - and at least
> one meaning of fudge was to bend or modify actual measurement results to
> fit
> the expected theoretical results-- this was school lab reports. NOT
> real-life measurement results (at least for me ;0).
>
> 73
> Henry, Cph.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Pileggi" <wpileggi at juno.com>
> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:10 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] Kludge - an honest definition
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>
> > Sorry about the delay in chiming in on this advanced topic of
> > discussion...Seems we may be too internet-centric, and have forgotten
> > actual books...From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (c)1979 - (which
> > coincides with me attending college, mostly...) - KLUDGE, noun, [origin
> > unknown], a system and esp. a computer system made up of components that
> > are poorly matched or were originally intended for some other use.
> >
> > I'm thinking M might find [origin unknown] just as acceptable :-)
> > Bill KA3AIS
> >
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