patch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.5.3 See also 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pætʃ/
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  Rhymes: -ætʃ

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Noun

patch (plural patches)

1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
2. A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
4. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
5. A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
6. A period of time.

   The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.

7. (figuratively) A fit.
8. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
9. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
10. (computing) A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug. A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program.
11. An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
12. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
13. (Often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

[edit] Synonyms

• (a period of time): spell
• (computing): diff file

[edit] Derived terms

• apply a patch
• cabbage patch
• not a patch on
• patch file
• patch up
• patchwork
• patchy

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[edit] Proper noun

Singular patch

Plural -

patch

1. (computing) The program that updates old versions of files, based on a record of differences with the newer versions.

[edit] Usage notes

The proper noun "patch" is written in lower case because of Unix conventions and its case sensitivity.

[edit] Verb

to patch (third-person singular simple present patches, present participle patching, simple past and past participle patched)

1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on.
3. To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
4. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
5. To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.
6. To repair as with patches.
7. To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; – generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
8. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
   1. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
   2. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
9. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

   I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer

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• See also Wikisaurus:repair

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• diff
• diff file

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: achpt
• p'tcha