Funky
Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
klugey way.
It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone.
Often used to describe interfaces.
The more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the funkier it is.
TECO and
UUCP are funky.
The Intel {i860}'s exception handling is extraordinarily funky.
Most standards acquire funkiness as they age.
"The new mailer is installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason, try resubmitting it."
"This
UART is pretty funky.
The data ready line is active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in
DMA mode."
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