Definitions for kluge
kluge

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. klugenoun

   Something that should not work, but does.

2. klugenoun

   A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

3. Etymology: U.S. military slang, probably from the klug.

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1. Kluge

   Kluge (English: , German: [ˈkluːɡə]) is a German-derived surname. In German, capitalizing, and adding a final -e to, the adjective klug (meaning "clever"), creates a noun meaning "clever one". Although the adjective kluge is a feminine form, the noun Kluge can be feminine, neuter or masculine.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kluge

   [from the German ‘klug’, clever; poss. related to Polish & Russian ‘klucz’ (a key, a hint, a main point)] 1. n. A Rube Goldberg (or Heath Robinson) device, whether in hardware or software. 2. n. A clever programming trick intended to solve a particular nasty case in an expedient, if not clear, manner. Often used to repair bugs. Often involves ad-hockery and verges on being a crock. 3. n. Something that works for the wrong reason. 4. vt. To insert a kluge into a program. “I've kluged this routine to get around that weird bug, but there's probably a better way.” 5. [WPI] n. A feature that is implemented in a rude manner.Nowadays this term is often encountered in the variant spelling ‘kludge’. Reports from old farts are consistent that ‘kluge’ was the original spelling, reported around computers as far back as the mid-1950s and, at that time, used exclusively of hardware kluges. In 1947, the New York Folklore Quarterly reported a classic shaggy-dog story ‘Murgatroyd the Kluge Maker’ then current in the Armed Forces, in which a ‘kluge’ was a complex and puzzling artifact with a trivial function. Other sources report that ‘kluge’ was common Navy slang in the WWII era for any piece of electronics that worked well on shore but consistently failed at sea.However, there is reason to believe this slang use may be a decade older. Several respondents have connected it to the brand name of a device called a “Kluge paper feeder”, an adjunct to mechanical printing presses. Legend has it that the Kluge feeder was designed before small, cheap electric motors and control electronics; it relied on a fiendishly complex assortment of cams, belts, and linkages to both power and synchronize all its operations from one motive driveshaft. It was accordingly temperamental, subject to frequent breakdowns, and devilishly difficult to repair — but oh, so clever! People who tell this story also aver that ‘Kluge’ was the name of a design engineer.There is in fact a Brandtjen & Kluge Inc., an old family business that manufactures printing equipment — interestingly, their name is pronounced /kloo´gee/! Henry Brandtjen, president of the firm, told me (ESR, 1994) that his company was co-founded by his father and an engineer named Kluge /kloo´gee/, who built and co-designed the original Kluge automatic feeder in 1919. Mr. Brandtjen claims, however, that this was a simple device (with only four cams); he says he has no idea how the myth of its complexity took hold. Other correspondents differ with Mr. Brandtjen's history of the device and his allegation that it was a simple rather than complex one, but agree that the Kluge automatic feeder was the most likely source of the folklore.TMRC and the MIT hacker culture of the early '60s seems to have developed in a milieu that remembered and still used some WWII military slang (see also foobar). It seems likely that ‘kluge’ came to MIT via alumni of the many military electronic

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KLUGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kluge is ranked #13660 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Kluge surname appeared 2,216 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Kluge.
   
   94.5% or 2,096 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 61 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   0.2% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for kluge »

1. kugel

How to pronounce kluge?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kluge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kluge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kluge
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kluge
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Kluge
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html