Word: backpatch
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
patch
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Adverb
Meaning: To or in a previous condition or place.
Affix: patch
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.