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A kludge or kluge (/ k l ʌ dʒ, k l uː dʒ /) is a workaround or makeshift solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend, and hard to maintain. This term is used in diverse fields such as computer science , aerospace engineering , Internet slang , evolutionary neuroscience , animation and government.
In computer programming, an input kludge is a type of failure in software (an anti-pattern) where simple user input is not handled.For example, if a computer program accepts free text input from the user, an ad hoc algorithm will mishandle many combinations of legal and illegal input strings.