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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>flaky</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="flag-day.html" title="flag day"/><link rel="next" href="flamage.html" title="flamage"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">flaky</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flag-day.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flamage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="flaky"/><dt xmlns="" id="flaky"><b>flaky</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (var sp. <span class="firstterm">flakey</span>) Subject to
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frequent <a href="../L/lossage.html"><i class="glossterm">lossage</i></a>. This use is of course related to
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the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy,
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or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of —
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enough that you are tempted to try to use it — but fails frequently
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enough that the odds in favor of finishing what you start are low.
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Commonwealth hackish prefers <a href="../D/dodgy.html"><i class="glossterm">dodgy</i></a> or
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