patchedcode
nounUK /pætʃt kəʊd/
US /pætʃt koʊd/
Computer code that has been fixed with small quick repairs.
The game stopped crashing after the team loaded the patchedcode.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A piece of programming that has been mended in a hurry rather than rewritten.
The patchedcode held together long enough for the release.
3. Code that carries many small corrections layered on top of each other.
Reviewers worried the patchedcode was getting hard to read.
4. A temporary repair applied to a running program.
They deployed patchedcode overnight to stop the error.