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The term patch may refer to:
Textiles
- Embroidered patch applied to clothing by organizations or individuals
- Eyepatch, used in the treatment of eye disorders, or for aesthetic purposes in covering an injured or missing eye
- Shoulder patch, or Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (US Army), various types of insignia used for military identification
- Patch, a piece of textile or fabric used to repair a hole in a larger piece. An embroidered patch is an embroidered design on firm backing that is applied to Clothing by organizations to distinguish membership or rank youth groups to An eyepatch is a small patch that is worn in front of one eye See: Maintenance, repair and operations
Medication
- Transdermal patch, skin patch to administer medication via the skin
- Nicotine patch, used to quit smoking
- Contraceptive patch, used to prevent pregnancy
- Patch, a type of Bandage or other piece of material, used medically to cover a wound
Electronics
- Patch (synthesizer), a sound setting for musical synthesizers
- Patch cable, an electrical cable which can be used to alter the functionality of a piece of electrical equipment
- Autopatch or phone patch, used in amateur radio to access an outgoing connection
Land
- Patch and mosaic, a habitat patch in landscape ecology
- Patch, a small garden, or a place where specific fruits or vegetables are grown (e. Maintenance repair and operations or maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO is fixing any sort of mechanical or Electrical device should it A transdermal patch or skin patch is a Medicated Adhesive patch that is placed on the Skin to deliver a specific Dose of medication A nicotine patch is a Transdermal patch that releases Nicotine into the body through the skin A contraceptive patch is a Transdermal patch applied to the skin that releases synthetic Estrogen and Progestin hormones to prevent Pregnancy A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to the body A patch, in terms of music Synthesizers, is a sound setting For example a synthesizer may have patches for a Piano sound a Guitar sound etc A patch cable or patch cord (sometimes patchcable or patchcord) is an Electrical or Optical cable used to connect ("patch-in" An autopatch, sometimes called a phone patch, is a Feature of an Amateur radio (or other type of Two-way radio) Repeater to access Landscape ecology is the science and art of studying and improving the relationship between spatial pattern and ecological processes on a multitude of scales and organizational levels (Wu 2006 2008 A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. g. pumpkin patch)
Music
- "Patches", a tragic 1962 ballad sung by Dickey Lee
- "Patches", 1970 hit record for Chairmen of the Board (band), later covered by Clarence Carter
People
- Alexander Patch (1889-1945), general of US Army in World War II
- Patch Adams, aka Hunter Adams (b. Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born 21 September 1936, Memphis, Tennessee) known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Chairmen of the Board is a Detroit, Michigan based Soul music group active mostly in the 1970s that is still touring today General Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch (November 23 1889 – November 21 1945 was an officer in the United States Army, best known for his service Dr Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams MD (born May 28, 1945 in Washington D 1945), founder of the Gesundheit! Institute
- Patch, aka Steve Johnson (Days of our Lives), a fictional character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Patch, a fictional character from The Tribe (TV series) played by Morgan Palmer-Hubbard
- Patch, a alias/nickname of Wolverine
Computing
- Patch (computing), a fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are modified. Steven Earl "Patch" Johnson is a Fictional character on NBC 's daytime drama Days of our Lives. The Tribe is a post-apocalyptic soap opera primarily aimed at teenagers.
- Patch (Unix), a UNIX utility 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. patch is a Unix program that updates text files according to instructions contained in a separate file called a patch file.
- Patch, a 3-D Bézier curve used in computer graphics, or a primitive in some 3-D software packages
Other uses
- Patch, the practice of compulsory figures in figure skating, as each skater is assigned their own "patch" of ice
Dictionary
patch
-noun
- 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.
- A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
- A short period of time, especially one which causes trouble.
- (figuratively) A fit.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
- (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.
- 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.
- A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
-proper noun
- (computing) The program that updates old versions of files, based on a record of differences with the newer versions.
-verb
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
- To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on.
- To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
- To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
- To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.
- To repair as with patches.
- To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; – generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
- (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
- # To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- # To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
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