Wikipedia: Patch

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I'm sorry this is dictionary like, I was just worried that someone would forget some of the other meanings. I can't see that any of these definitions take precedence over any other.

# a piece of fabric

# the name of an IBM utility to edit binary files (typically on mainframe installations, eg MVS but I wouldn't be surprised if OS/2 and AIX had a version).

# the name of a UNIX utility (written by Larry Wall) to cleverly apply a set of diff?s to a set of files, effectively allowing somebody else changes to be applied to your version of the source code.

# a set of diffs suitable for input to the patch program.

# a 3d bezier? surface thing used in computer graphics. A primitive in some 3d software packages.

# A piece of fabric.
# The name of an IBM utility to edit binary files (typically on mainframe installations, eg MVS).
# The name of a UNIX utility (written by Larry Wall) that applies a set of diff?s to a set of files, allowing changes from one file to be automatically applied to another file.
# A set of diffs suitable for input to the patch program.
# A 3d bezier? surface thing used in computer graphics. A primitive in some 3d software packages.

A piece of fabric.
The name of an IBM utility to edit binary files (typically on mainframe installations, eg MVS).
The name of a UNIX utility (written by Larry Wall) that applies a set of diff?s to a set of files, allowing changes from one file to be automatically applied to another file.
A set of diffs suitable for input to the patch program.
A 3d bezier? surface thing used in computer graphics. A primitive in some 3d software packages.