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A Patch can refer to several different things:

• A piece of fabric.
• 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.
• An insignia used as an identification mark by members of gangs.
• A small garden, or a place where specific fruits or vegetables are grown (e.g. pumpkin patch).

Computing

• 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.
• A set of "diffs" (differences) 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.
• A fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are modified. See Patch (computing)
• A 3-D Bézier surface used in computer graphics. A primitive in some 3-D software packages.
• The name of an IBM utility to edit binary files (typically on mainframe installations, eg MVS).

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