English Explanatory Dictionary

backpatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To update (partially compiled code) with jump addresses that were previously left as placeholders because they had not yet been encountered in the source code.

Word forms

backpatch backpatches backpatching backpatched

Etymology

From back + patch.

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