1. A clever or elegant technical accomplishment. A clever routine in a computer program, especially one which uses tools for purposes other than those for which they were intended, might be considered a hack.
2. A temporary, jury-rigged solution, especially in the fields of computer programming and engineering: the technical equivalent of chewing gum and duct tape.
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