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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rude</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis.html" title="rubber-hose cryptanalysis"/><link rel="next" href="runes.html" title="runes"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rude</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runes.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rude"/><dt xmlns="" id="rude"><b>rude</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. (of a program) Badly written.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Functionally poor, e.g., a program that is very difficult to use
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