backpatch (English, verb)
expansion: backpatch (third-person singular simple present backpatches, present participle backpatching, simple past and past participle backpatched)
Senses:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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:
form: backpatches
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backpatching
tags: participle
present
form: backpatched
tags: participle
past
form: backpatched
tags: past