AD-HOCKERY

Domain	Definition
Computing	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 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 ELIZA effect. Source: Jargon File.
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Anagrams: AD-HOCKERY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-k-o-r-y"
	-2 letters: charked, croaked, keycard, roached.
	-3 letters: arched, arcked, carked, chador, chared, choked, choker, chokey, chorea, chored, cohead, corked, creaky, croaky, dacker, docker, drecky, echard, hacked, hacker, harked, hocked, hocker, hockey, hydrae, kayoed, ochery, ochrea, ochred, okayed, orache, racked, redock, rocked, yacked, yocked.
	-4 letters: ached, acred, adore, arced, cadre, caked, cakey, cared, cedar, chard, chare.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-k-o-r-y"
	+3 letters: hydrocracked, hydrocracker.
	+4 letters: hydrocrackers.
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