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A patch can refer to:

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
a piece of material, such as an adhesive plaster, used medically usually to cover a wound
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 synthesizers.
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. Sometimes called an autopatch especially when used in amateur radio
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 small garden, or a place where specific fruits or vegetables are grown (e.g. pumpkin patch)
a locomotive or freight car that has been renumbered without a full repaint in railfan terminology
a group of company houses
"Patches (Chairmen of the Board song)", a hit record for Chairmen of the Board, later covered by Clarence Carter
Hunter "Patch" Adams, founder of the Gesundheit! Institute
Steve "Patch" Johnson, a ficitional character on Days of Our Lives

[edit] 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 files (typically on mainframe installations, eg. MVS)

[edit] Music

Patch (the band), punk rock band out of Santa Rosa, California

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