ad hoc

2 definitions found

ad hoc - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ad hoc
      adv 1: for one specific case; "they were appointed ad hoc"
      adj 1: often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee
             meeting"
      2: for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated
         policy instead of ad hoc decisions"

ad hoc - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  ad hoc
  
     Contrived purely for the purpose in hand rather than planned
     carefully in advance.  E.g. "We didn't know what to do about
     the sausage rolls, so we set up an ad-hoc committee".
  
     (1995-03-25)