patch

piece of software designed to update a computer program to fix or improve it
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patch

Summary

patch is a software category[1]. patch draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #47 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • patch's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • patch's GND ID is recorded as 4645314-3[4].
  • patch's subclass of is recorded as software[5].
  • patch's has use is recorded as software update[6].
  • patch's has use is recorded as code patching[7].
  • patch's Commons category is recorded as Software updating[8].
  • patch's has part is recorded as Security patch[9].
  • patch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d_2s[10].
  • patch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Patch utilities[11].
  • patch's facet of is recorded as software maintenance[12].
  • patch's described by source is recorded as Macmillan Dictionary of Microcomputing[13].
  • patch's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/patch[14].
  • patch's different from is recorded as Q11789384[15].
  • patch's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00060970n[16].
  • patch's NE.se ID is recorded as programfix[17].
  • patch's Quora topic ID is recorded as Patch-1[18].
  • patch's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as patch_-_dataspill[19].
  • patch's Lex ID is recorded as patch[20].
  • patch's KBpedia ID is recorded as ComputerPatchProgram[21].
  • patch's C64-Wiki ID is recorded as Patch[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for patch include Apache HTTP Server[23], a server software[24], founded in 1995[25].

Why It Matters

patch draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #47 of 263).[2] patch has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] patch is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for patch include Apache HTTP Server[23], a server software[24], founded in 1995[25].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). patch. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-q208218
MLA “patch.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-q208218.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_patch-q208218_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{patch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-q208218}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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