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 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.
