saturday-night special

2 definitions found

saturday-night special - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Saturday-night special
  
     (From police slang for a cheap handgun) A quick-and-dirty
     program or feature kluged together during off hours, under a
     deadline, and in response to pressure from a salescritter.
     Such hacks are dangerously unreliable, but all too often sneak
     into a production release after insufficient review.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-11)
  

saturday-night special - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Saturday-night special
   n.
  
     [from police slang for a cheap handgun] A quick-and-dirty program
  or
     feature kluged together during off hours, under a deadline, and in
     response to pressure from a salescritter. Such hacks are
  dangerously
     unreliable, but all too often sneak into a production release after
     insufficient review.