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A patch can refer to:

TEXTILES

a piece of Textile or fabric used to repair a hole in a larger piece

an Eyepatch , used in the treatment of Eye Disorders such as Amblyopia or Strabismus (referred to as patching), or for aesthetic purposes in covering an injured or missing eye

MEDICATION

a piece of material, such as an adhesive Plaster , used medically usually to cover a wound

a Transdermal Patch (such as a Nicotine Patch used to quit smoking, or a Contraceptive Patch used to prevent pregnancy)

ELECTRONICS

a Patch (synthesizer) is a sound setting for musical synthesizers

a Patch Cable , an Electrical Cable which can be used to alter the functionality of a piece of Electrical Equipment , such as a musical Modular Synthesizer s.

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. Sometimes called an Autopatch especially when used in amateur radio

LAND

a group of company houses

a habitat patch; see Landscape Ecology#Patch And Mosaic

a small Garden , or a place where specific fruits or vegetables are grown (e.g. pumpkin patch)

MUSIC

Patches (Dickey Lee Song) , a tragic 1962 ballad

" Patches (Chairmen Of The Board Song) ", a hit record for Chairmen Of The Board , later covered by Clarence Carter

PEOPLE

Hunter "Patch" Adams , founder of the Gesundheit! Institute

Steve "Patch" Johnson , a ficitional character on '' Days Of Our Lives ''

Patch, a fictional character from '' The Tribe ''. He was played by Morgan Palmer-Hubbard .

Patrick "Patch" Kennedy , founding member of Canberra band, Dahahoo and a rad bassist.

COMPUTING

Patch (computing) , a fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are modified. Often this is used to repair a Software Bug

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.

A 3-D Bézier Curve used in computer graphics, or a primitive in some 3-D software packages

The name of an IBM utility to edit Binary File s (typically on mainframe installations, eg. MVS )

OTHERS

an American Kennel Club registered name as well as a popular name to call a pet dog

the practice of Compulsory Figures in figure skating

an Insignia used as an identification mark by members of a group, such as Shoulder Patch

a locomotive or Freight Car that has been renumbered without a full repaint in Railfan terminology