backpatch

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verb

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.

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Meanings

verbbackpatch (third-person singular simple present backpatches, present participle backpatching, simple past and past participle backpatched)

present singular third person backpatches · participle present backpatching · participle past backpatched · past backpatched

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

Origin

From back + patch.

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APA

backpatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backpatch

MLA

“backpatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backpatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backpatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backpatch.

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