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ad-hockery /ad-hok'*r-ee/ n.

[Purdue] 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, esp.

expert systems, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent

behavior but are in fact entirely arbitrary. For example,

fuzzy-matching of input tokens that might be typing errors against a

symbol table can make it look as though a program knows how to spell.

2. Special-case code to cope with some awkward input that would

otherwise cause a program to [346]choke, presuming normal inputs are

dealt with in some cleaner and more regular way. Also called

`ad-hackery', `ad-hocity' (/ad-hos'*-tee/), `ad-crockery'. See also

[347]ELIZA effect.

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Ada n.

A [351]Pascal-descended language that was at one time made mandatory

for Department of Defense software projects by the Pentagon. Hackers

are nearly unanimous in observing that, technically, it is precisely

what one might expect given that kind of endorsement by fiat; designed

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