"backpatch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: backpatches [present, singular, third-person], backpatching [participle, present], backpatched [participle, past], backpatched [past]
Etymology: back + patch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|patch}} back + patch Head templates: {{en-verb}} backpatch (third-person singular simple present backpatches, present participle backpatching, simple past and past participle backpatched)
  1. (computing theory) 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. Categories (topical): Theory of computing

Inflected forms

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