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patchset
bugfix
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service pack
patch file
hack
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slipstream
patchlike
patched-up
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kit
showstopper
fixate
package manager
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patchwise
version control
unpatched
debugging
regression
bootkit
vamp
piece up
repatch
obfuscator
checked build
fork
cracktro
application software
retagger
upstream
rollup
diff
computer system
bundleware
nonlinear editor
developer program
workaround
WYSIWYG
configurator
maintenance window
refixate
batch queue
null
troubleshooter
re-engineer
train
hook
kernel panic
quick-and-dirty
mainline
stopgap
patch-up
unpause
triage
reboot
morphostasis
reset
refixation
crossgrade
cross-platform
autonomics
blocker
decay
quiesce
close the stable door after the horse has bolted
application program
watchdog
emulator
postfixative
nop
update
program optimisation
rebootable
software optimization
re-encoder
hookable
dispatcher
interpatch
program optimization
piecing
andon
software optimisation
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
program
use case
gotcha
patchlike
patched-up
patchwise
unpatched
cross-platform
postfixative
rebootable
hookable
interpatch
patchwise
hot patch
patcher
patchset
bugfix
patch
service pack
patch file
hack
monkey patch
kit
showstopper
package manager
version control
debugging
regression
bootkit
obfuscator
checked build
cracktro
application software
retagger
rollup
computer system
bundleware
nonlinear editor
developer program
workaround
WYSIWYG
configurator
maintenance window
fork
batch queue
troubleshooter
train
hook
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quick-and-dirty
mainline
stopgap
patch-up
triage
morphostasis
reset
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autonomics
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program optimisation
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete
noun
- A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
- A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
- A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- A local region of professional responsibility.
- A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
verb
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
noun
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A tool for chopping.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- A drum kit.
- Clothing.
- A kitten (young cat).
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- A young rabbit.
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- A young ferret.
- The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
- A young beaver.
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- A young skunk.
- A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- A young weasel
- Synonym of kit violin
- A kit fox.
verb
verb
verb
- To retroactively supply to (a previous version of a software product) a fix, or a new feature, at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
- To retroactively supply (a fix or a new feature) to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
- To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
noun
noun
- The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
- An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
- An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
- The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
- The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
- A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
- An action of travelling mentally back in time.
- An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
verb
- To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- To travel by foot; to walk.
- To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- To seduce or exploit someone.
- To turn into a vampire.
- To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
noun
- An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- A vampire.
- A volunteer firefighter.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
verb
verb
verb
- To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- To kick someone in the crotch.
- To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- To bale a shaft dry.
- To shoot into blades, as corn does.
noun
- The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- The crotch.
- A tuning fork.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- A decision point.
- The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
- A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- A forklift.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
verb
- To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
- To stream upward.
noun
- Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
- The original developers or maintainers of software.
adj
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- In the direction from the client to the server.
- Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
- Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
adv
noun
- A collection of software updates distributed as a single package.
- A self-made cigarette of tobacco and rolling paper.
- A kind of flat, pectin-based, fruit-flavored snack rolled into a tube.
- A kind of food made by wrapping ingredients in another food, e.g. fajitas.
- A business technique where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged.
- That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
noun
- A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
- An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.
- A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
verb
verb
- To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
- To return to the null position, setting, etc.
- To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
noun
- The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
- Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
- One of the beads in nulled work.
- A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
- Something that has no force or meaning.
- The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
- The null hypothesis.
adj
noun
- A software release schedule.
- A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
- A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
- A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
- A group or class of people.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
- A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
- The tail of a bird.
- A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
- The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
- The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
- An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
- A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
verb
- To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- To improve one's fitness.
- To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- To proceed in sequence.
- To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- To practice an ability.
- To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
noun
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A ship's anchor.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A jack (the playing card).
- Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- a háček.
- a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- A finesse.
- A curveball.
- A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A prostitute.
- A snare; a trap.
- A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
verb
- To attach a hook to.
- To finesse.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- To engage in prostitution.
- To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To play a hook shot.
- To make addicted; to captivate.
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
noun
- The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
- In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
- An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
- The principal route or line of a railway.
- A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
- The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
adj
- Normal, principal or standard.
- Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
- Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
- Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
verb
noun
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
verb
- To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
- To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
- To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.
adj
noun
- The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.
- The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).
- Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.
- A marshalling yard, classification yard.
- That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.
verb
noun
- Something that is reset.
- The act of setting to zero.
- That which is reset; printed matter set up again.
- The act of resetting to the initial state.
- A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
- The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
verb
noun
- A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
- A blocker bet.
- Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
- One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
- A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
verb
- To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
- To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- To rot, to go bad.
- To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
noun
noun
- A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
- A version of something which is newer than other versions.
- An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
- A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
- An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
- A set of structured activities.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
verb
- To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
noun
- A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.
- A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
- A usage scenario for a product, such as a piece of equipment or a tool.
noun
- A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
abbrev
- Understand you; comprehend you.
- Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
- Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
- Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
- Got you by surprise; exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
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