On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:00 PM, ss <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 6:49:23 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
>> Sorry, Shiv, hadn't read your note before replying. That's it, more or
>> less. In Bong, it's jogaarh, pronounced with a hard r at the end. It more
>> or less means procure = to muster resources; the find a way out is current
>> usage derived through the slang route from that very different origin.

> Well Wiki defines "Hacking" as follows:
>> Hacking (English verb to hack, singular noun a hack) refers to the
>> re-configuring or re-programming of a system to function in ways not
>> facilitated by the owner, administrator, or designer. The term(s) have
>> several related meanings in the technology and computer science fields,
>> wherein a "hack" may refer to a clever or quick fix to a computer program
>> problem, or to what may be perceived to be a clumsy or inelegant (but
>> usually relatively quick) solution to a problem.
>
> "Jugaad" seems to be a restricted form of hacking that specifically makes a
> connection with limited resources. the word "hacking" does not specifically
> refer to resources at all.

Wikipedia is the wrong place to look up the original jargonish meaning
of hack. ESR's editing of the Jargon File is better.
http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/jargon.html#The%20Meaning%20of%20Hack

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