18 example sentences using patch.
Patch used in a sentence
Patch in a sentence as a noun
Find a bug in the bug tracker and submit the patch.
The rules for submitting kernel patches are laid out in great detail.
With software, once you've developed the patch you can distribute it at next to no cost.
If I recall correctly it took me about 80 hours to go from no knowledge to first patch.
Submitting a patch or a pull request only to have it sit un-noticed for months sucks.
AMD had a hardware bug that could be fixed by a patch that degraded performance by 10%.
You can bang out 10 successful doc patches a lot easier than you can do 10 successful code changes.
No one wants to spend their evening working on a patch to have it rejected and shot down -- that's not fun.
Some projects expect rebased patches, some prefer proper merges.
Patch in a sentence as a verb
I developed a patch that added the VAO WebGL extensions earlier this year and it's finally out there!
So to use Django on Py3 right now you'll need to make a bunch of "should I DIY this component or port it to py3 and submit a patch?
Had to patch the executable compiled with the Intel compiler in order to make it work unhindered on AMD's.
Luckily, All of this calculation is done on the server, so you won't even need to download a patch when the fix the pathfinding.
Trying to argue with him about how to use git with respect to your tiny patch to the Linux kernel seems... like missing the point on a great many things.
Microsoft advises lots of security companies about patches slightly before they are issued.
Well, nobody sent them a patch until two months ago, nobody added tests until a month ago, and nobody fixed the broken tests until yesterday.
We build "frameworks", where one must tinker and monkey-patch and fork to such a degree that only another programmer can download and assemble a working system, let alone customize it.
This was an impromptu patch applied by the bitcoin project and a number of markets to defeat some sort of bug, but I can't recall or can't seem to find the details at the moment and can't recall what it was fixing or if the 100 number is correct.
Patch definitions
a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
See also: spot speckle dapple fleck maculation
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
See also: plot
a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
a connection intended to be used for a limited time
sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
See also: eyepatch
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
See also: bandage
to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
See also: piece
provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"
mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"
repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
See also: piece