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Workaround vs Hackish - What's the difference?

workaround | hackish |

As a noun workaround

is a means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints.

As an adjective hackish is

characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.

workaround

English

Noun

(wikipedia workaround) (en noun)
  • A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints.
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  • (computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows the user to continue working until a better solution can be provided; a kluge.
  • (project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.

    • See also

    * kludge * kluge * quick fix * stopgap

    hackish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.
  • (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  • * 2003 , Erik T Ray, Learning XML?
    • A hackish solution is to use code switching, a technique of replacing a byte with a sequence of bytes headed by a special control character.
  • * 2006 , Bruce Perry, Ajax hacks?
    • The first two hacks in this chapter provide, well, hackish solutions to that conundrum.
  • (computing, informal) Characteristic of hackers, especially slang; e. g., hackish humor .

    • Synonyms

    * hacky

    Related terms

    * hackishly