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From the wiki article it sounds like it just refers to extremely improvised engineering, something akin to "bubble gum and baling wire" or "MacGyvering" somethi

From the wiki article it sounds like it just refers to extremely improvised engineering, something akin to "bubble gum and baling wire" or "MacGyvering" something. Something like a kludge, but a bit less pejorative.

yesenadam 5y ago
like, uh, hacking—hacking together something?
- eindiran 5y ago
  Yes, but "hack" is so overloaded and has so many definitions that using it as a definition itself is supremely unhelpful.