/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]