Is there an equivalent of the term "crutch" in English?

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FoxInSox2013-12-02 13:17:04

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FoxInSox, 2013-12-02 13:17:04

In Russian (in the context of software development), the term crutch is widely used . Is there an equivalent in English?

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d43, 2013-12-02
@FoxInSox

work around
( Wikipedia )

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_ _, 2013-12-02
@AMar4enko

There is a hack, there is a dirty hack, there is a monkey patch

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Egor Tolstoy, 2013-12-02
@YourDestiny

Closest variant: kludge .

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16433407, 2013-12-03
@16433407

IMHO, the perfect picture on the topic

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dginz, 2013-12-09
@dginz

In this context, the word workaround is always used.