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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ad-hockery</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="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="Acme.html" title="Acme"/><link rel="next" href="address-harvester.html" title="address harvester"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ad-hockery</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Acme.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="address-harvester.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ad-hockery"/><dt xmlns="" id="ad-hockery"><b>ad-hockery</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ad·hok'@r·ee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Purdue] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, esp. expert
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systems, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent behavior but are
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in fact entirely arbitrary. For example, fuzzy-matching of input tokens
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that might be typing errors against a symbol table can make it look as
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though a program knows how to spell.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Special-case code to cope with some awkward input that would
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otherwise cause a program to <a href="../C/choke.html"><i class="glossterm">choke</i></a>, presuming normal
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inputs are dealt with in some cleaner and more regular way.</p></dd><dd><p>Also called <span class="firstterm">ad-hackery</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">ad-hocity</span> (<span class="pronunciation">/ad-hos'@-tee/</span>), <span class="firstterm">ad-crockery</span>. See also
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<a href="../E/ELIZA-effect.html"><i class="glossterm">ELIZA effect</i></a>.</p><div class="mediaobject"><a id="crunchly73-10-31"/><img src="../graphics/73-10-31.png"/><div class="caption"><p>This is <a href="ad-hockery.html"><i class="glossterm">ad-hockery</i></a> in action.</p><p>(The next cartoon in the Crunchly saga is
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<a href="../W/water-MIPS.html#crunchly74-08-18">74-08-18</a>. The previous one is
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<a href="../B/bug.html#crunchly73-07-29">73-07-29</a>.)</p></div></div></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Acme.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="address-harvester.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Acme </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> address harvester</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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