-This file last generated Thursday, 26 November 2020 08:02PM UTC +This file last generated Thursday, 26 November 2020 08:14PM UTC
- n. A diff (sense 2). 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. IBM operating systems often receive updates to the operating system in the form of absolute hexadecimal patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the source. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to grow scar tissue ). The result was often a convoluted patch space and headaches galore. 5. + n. A diff (sense 2). 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. IBM operating systems often receive updates to the operating system in the form of absolute hexadecimal patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the source. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to grow scar tissue ). The result was often a convoluted patch space and headaches galore. 5. The term originates from the earliest digital computers which used paper tape or punched cards in the 1940s. To fix a problem you would glue a physical patch of tape or paper over the holes.
diff --git a/docs/jargon.org b/docs/jargon.org index 47a4f1a..7b9fe28 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.org +++ b/docs/jargon.org @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Free Documentation License". * Generated -This file last generated Thursday, 26 November 2020 08:02PM UTC +This file last generated Thursday, 26 November 2020 08:14PM UTC * Glossary ** ( @@ -6409,7 +6409,7 @@ pl.n. Little lapses of attention or (in more severe cases) consciousness, usuall /paystee/ , n. An adhesive-backed label designed to be attached to a key on a keyboard to indicate some non-standard character which can be accessed through that key. Pasties are likely to be used in APL environments, where almost every key is associated with a special character. A pastie on the R key, for example, might remind the user that it is used to generate the character. The term properly refers to nipple-concealing devices formerly worn by strippers in concession to indecent-exposure laws; compare tits on a keyboard. *** patch -n. A diff (sense 2). 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. IBM operating systems often receive updates to the operating system in the form of absolute hexadecimal patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the source. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to grow scar tissue ). The result was often a convoluted patch space and headaches galore. 5. +n. A diff (sense 2). 4. A set of modifications to binaries to be applied by a patching program. IBM operating systems often receive updates to the operating system in the form of absolute hexadecimal patches. If you have modified your OS, you have to disassemble these back to the source. The patches might later be corrected by other patches on top of them (patches were said to grow scar tissue ). The result was often a convoluted patch space and headaches galore. 5. The term originates from the earliest digital computers which used paper tape or punched cards in the 1940s. To fix a problem you would glue a physical patch of tape or paper over the holes. *** patch pumpkin n. [Perl hackers] A notional token passed around among the members of a project. Possession of the patch pumpkin means one has the exclusive authority to make changes on the project's master source tree. The implicit assumption is that pumpkin holder status is temporary and rotates periodically among senior project members. This term comes from the Perl development community, but has been sighted elsewhere. It derives from a stuffed-toy pumpkin that was passed around at a development shop years ago as the access control for a shared backup-tape drive.