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(computing, transitive, intransitive) To wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
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(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.
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(music) Alternative spelling of bit crusher [(music) A lo-fi digital audio effect that produces a distortion by reducing the resolution or bandwidth of the audio data.]
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(computing, transitive) To transfer by a blit operation.
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(computing) A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
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(transitive) To connect by inserting or installing a cable.
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(printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
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(intransitive) To link multiple items together.
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(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
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(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
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(music) The process of remixing audio tracks to use fewer tracks.
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(computing) A message displayed when a failure condition occurs, usually on a computer or device.
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Alternative form of hookup [(sometimes attributive) A connection.]
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(computing) A patch (software fix) which is applied to a system while it is running, without the need to reboot the system to complete the patching process.
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To change a part of something, typically a computer, while it is running.
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(computing) A cumulative package of one or more files used to address a problem in a software product.
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Alternative form of hot patch [(computing) A patch (software fix) which is applied to a system while it is running, without the need to reboot the system to complete the patching process.]
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(computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
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(rare) One who impressions (manipulates a key in a lock to aid in creating a duplicate).
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(transitive) To put (something) in someone's inbox.
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A device for varying audio playback.
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(telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
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A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
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(transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.
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A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
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(transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
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(programming slang) A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.
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Alternative spelling of monkey patch [(programming slang) A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.]
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Alternative spelling of monkey patch [(programming slang) A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.]
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One who makes a motion; a mover.
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(transitive) To fit something with a motor.
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(music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
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(computing) A file containing changes to be applied to another file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
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(computing) A process or program that applies a software patch.
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(computing, programming) A set of software patches.
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(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
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(transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (|) at the command line.
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(media, informal) A press conference or press briefing.
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(computing, informal) A screen or a message indicating an unrecoverable error.
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(computing) A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.
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(telecommunications) A renegotiation of the data rate over a telecommunications link.
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(music) Synonym of rute.
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any printed material that need not be kept after being read
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(audio engineering) To demix a downmixed track and increase the number of channels: convert mono into stereo, or stereo into surround sound, etc.
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