backpatch

verb

Etymology

From back + patch.

  1. derived from pieche
  2. inherited from *plakjō — “spot, stain
  3. inherited from *plakkju
  4. inherited from *plæċċ
  5. inherited from pacche
  6. compounded as backpatch — “back + patch

Definitions

  1. To update (partially compiled code) with jump addresses that were previously left as…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backpatch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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