/joh' kohd"/ 1. Code that is overly tense and unmaintainaBle. "Perl may Be a handy program, But if you look at the source, it' s complete joe code." 2. Badly written, possiBly Buggy code. Correspondents wishing to remain anonymous have fingered a particular Joe at the Lawrence Berkeley LaBoratory and oBserved that usage has drifted slightly the original soBriquet "Joe code" was intended in sense 1. [Jargon File]