Patch
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Patch, Patches or The Patch may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
[edit]- Patch Johnson, a fictional character from Days of Our Lives
- "Patches" (Dickey Lee song), 1962
- "Patches" (Chairmen of the Board song), 1970, also covered by Clarence Carter
- Patches (character), a fictional character appearing in video games by FromSoftware
- Patch Media, an online news service
- "Patches", a song by Dala from the album Angels & Thieves
- The Patch (podcast)
- Patch Treasurechest, a Lalaloopsy doll and character in the TV series
People
[edit]- Patch Adams (Hunter Adams, born 1945), American physician and clown
- Alexander Patch (1889–1945), WWII U.S. Army general
- Harry Patch (1898–2009), WWI British veteran
- Horace Patch (1814–1862), American politician
Places
[edit]- Patch, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- Patch, Gwbert, Ceredigion, Wales
- The Patch, Victoria, Australia
- William Clarke Park, Brighton, nicknamed The Patch
- The Patch (bar), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Science and technology
[edit]Computing
[edit]- Patch (computing), changes to a computer program
- patch (Unix), a UNIX utility
- PATCH (HTTP), an HTTP request to make a change
Electronics
[edit]- Autopatch or phone patch, from radio to telephone
- Patch antenna
- Patch cable, to connect devices
- Patch panel, to connect circuits
- Swede Patch 2000, a guitar/synthesizer
Medicine
[edit]- Patch (dermatology), a large skin lesion
- Transdermal patch, medicated
- Eyepatch
Species
[edit]- Patch butterflies, species of the genus Chlosyne
Other uses
[edit]- Pembrokeshire Action To Combat Hardship (PATCH), a UK charity
- Patch (firearms), for muzzleloaders
- In landscape ecology, a homogeneous area
- Compulsory figures in figure skating
- Contact patch, of a tire with a road
- Embroidered patch
- Gang patch, in New Zealand
- Surface patch
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Patch
- All pages with titles containing Patch
- Pach (disambiguation)
- Patch box (disambiguation)
- Coal town or coal patch, residences for miners near the coal mine
- Oil patch, the petroleum industry
- Patch collecting
- Patched, a protein receptor
- Patchwork, a form of needlework