monkey up

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

monkey up
 vt.

   To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot
   job. Connotes an extremely {crufty} and consciously temporary
   solution. Compare {hack up}, {kluge up}, {cruft together}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

monkey up

   To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a
   one-shot job.  Connotes an extremely {crufty} and consciously
   temporary solution.  Compare {hack up}, {kluge up}.

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