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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>funky</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="functino.html" title="functino"/><link rel="next" href="funny-money.html" title="funny money"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">funky</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="functino.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="funny-money.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="funky"/><dt xmlns="" id="funky"><b>funky</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey
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way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious
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non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. The more
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bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are
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easier, the funkier it is. <a href="../T/TECO.html"><i class="glossterm">TECO</i></a> and UUCP are funky.
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The Intel i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most
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standards acquire funkiness as they age. “<span class="quote">The new mailer is
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installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no
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reason, try resubmitting it.</span>” “<span class="quote">This UART is pretty funky. The
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data ready line is active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in DMA
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