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patch

In computing, modification or update made to a program, consisting of a short segment of additional code. Developers often correct bugs or fine-tune software by releasing a patch which rewrites existing codes and adds new material.



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If we are so to regard it, we must distinguish the seeing from what is seen: we must say that, when we see a patch of colour of a certain shape, the patch of colour is one thing and our seeing of it is another.
I'm sorry I had to put a patch on your breast, but it really couldn't be helped.
As he prepared to make the first stroke of the razor, most of his face white with lather, he noticed a dark patch of skin on his forehead just between the eye-brows and above.
 
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