repatch
verb[T]
computingspecialized(alsore-patch)uk/ˌriːˈpætʃ/us/ˌriːˈpætʃ/toaddanotherpatch(= asmallprogramthat makes anexistingprogramworkas it should)to acomputerprogram:
If youtryto re-patch theprogramwhile it'slive, thewholesystemwillcrash.
I repatched theapplicationdataand thesiteworkedfor a fewdays, but it'sfailingagain now.
- It'stimeto re-patch with someadditionalclean-ups for goodmeasure.
- Ithinkwe need to repatch it, or we'll have hundreds ofuserscomplainingthat it doesn'twork.
- Let's repatch itstraightaway and test-publish thesitetomorrow.
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- garbage collector
- infection
- planner
- routine
- software package
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically
- system software