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patch space
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n. An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified
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by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch
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space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to
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contain a jump or call to the patch space). The near-universal use of
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compilers and interpreters has made this term rare; it is now primarily
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historical outside IBM shops. See patch (sense 4), zap (sense 4), hook.
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