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A piece of Textile /fabric.

A Patch (synthesizer) is a sound setting for musical Synthesizer s.

An electrical cable (''patch cord'') which can be used to alter the functionality of a piece of electrical equipment, such as a musical Modular Synthesizer s. 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 Communication s 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 Telephone 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 Gang s.

A small Garden , or a place where specific Fruit s or Vegetable s are grown (e.g. pumpkin patch).

In Railfan terminology, a locomotive or freight car that has been renumbered without a full repaint.

Used in the 1800s. See Patch (1800s)

A slang term for female genitalia

A group of company houses

"Patches" - hit record for Chairmen Of The Board and then a great success for Clarence Carter ]

COMPUTING

A fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are modified. ''See'' Patch (computing)

''patch'' (Unix) is 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 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 ).