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backpatch

backpatch 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.

Verb

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

  1. 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.

Forms of backpatch

third-person singular presentbackpatches
present participlebackpatching
past participlebackpatched
pastbackpatched

Origin of backpatch

From back + patch.

Questions about backpatch

What does backpatch mean?
Backpatch means 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.
What part of speech is backpatch?
Backpatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of backpatch?
The past tense of backpatch is backpatched.

Words near backpatch in the dictionary

  1. backpain
  2. backpains
  3. backpass
  4. backpasses
  5. backpat
  6. backpatch
  7. backpatched
  8. backpatches
  9. backpatching
  10. backpats
  11. backpatted

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