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patch definition - telecom
A quick, unscheduled fix for a bug, security hole, or other deficiency or defect in a program. Patches are incorporated into subsequent program upgrades. See also bug, bug fix, update, and upgrade.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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