Patch
- A piece of fabric.
- a. The name of a UNIX utility (written by Larry Wall) that applies a script generated by the diff program to a set of files, allowing changes from one file to be automatically applied to another file.
b. A set of diffs suitable for input to the patch program. Patches are a common way of supplying small updates to pieces of software where the source code is available.
c. A fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are fixed. See Patch (computing)
- A 3d Bézier surface used in computer graphics. A primitive in some 3d software packages.
- The name of an IBM utility to edit binary files (typically on mainframe installations, eg MVS).
- An electrical cable (patch cord) which can be used to alter the functionality of a piece of electrical equipment, such as a musical synthesizer. This can be extended to virtual "patches" in software or electronics.
- A transdermal patch (such as a nicotine patch used to quit smoking, or a contraceptive patch used to prevent pregnancy)
- A telephone patch is any connection between a phone line and another communications device, whether it be a radio, a tape recorder, a data device (such as a modem), or even another phone line.
- In amateur radio, a phone patch connects transmitters or receivers to the phone line for phone conversations.
- An American_Kennel_Club registered name as well as a popular name to call a pet dog.
- Practice of compulsory figures in figure skating.
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