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Patch Tuesday

unofficial term used to refer to when Microsoft regularly releases software patches for its software products
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Patch Tuesday

Summary

Patch Tuesday is a recurring event[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Patch Tuesday's instance of is recorded as recurring event[3].
  • +2003-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Patch Tuesday[4].
  • Patch Tuesday's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06sn36[5].
  • Patch Tuesday's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as second Tuesday of the month[6].
  • Patch Tuesday's event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+1'}[7].
  • Patch Tuesday's day of week is recorded as Tuesday[8].
  • Patch Tuesday's Quora topic ID is recorded as Patch-Tuesday[9].

Why It Matters

Patch Tuesday ranks in the top 5% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . cnet.com. Retrieved . cnet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Patch Tuesday. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-tuesday
MLA “Patch Tuesday.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-tuesday.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_patch-tuesday_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Patch Tuesday}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-tuesday}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Patch Tuesday — https://4ort.xyz/entity/patch-tuesday (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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