hack up

2 definitions found

hack up - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  hack up
  
     <jargon> To hack, but generally implies that the result is a
     quick hack.  Contrast this with hack on.  To "hack up on"
     implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing
     system.  Contrast hacked up; compare kluge up, monkey up
     , cruft together.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2003-09-02)
  

hack up - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  hack up
   vt.
  
     To hack, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1
     (a quick hack). Contrast this with hack on. To hack up on implies a
     quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system. Contrast
  hacked up
     ; compare kluge up, monkey up, cruft together.