Patch

Patch, patches, The Patch, or the patch may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Songs

• "Patches" (Chairmen of the Board song), 1970, also covered by Clarence Carter
• "Patches" (Dickey Lee song), 1962
• "Patches", a song by Dala from the album Angels & Thieves

Fictional characters

• Patch Johnson, a fictional character from Days of Our Lives
• Patch Treasurechest, a Lalaloopsy doll and character in the TV series
• Patches (character), a fictional character appearing in video games by FromSoftware

Other uses

• The Patch (podcast)
• Patch Media, an online news service
• Patch Theatre Company, a theatre company for children in Adelaide, Australia, known as Patch

People

• 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

• Patch, Gwbert, Ceredigion, Wales
• The Patch (bar), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Patch, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
• The Patch, Victoria, Australia
• William Clarke Park, Brighton, nicknamed The Patch

Science and technology

Computing

• Patch (computing), both the process of modifying a file based on another file and the name of the file used for the process
• PATCH (HTTP), an HTTP request to make a change
• patch (Unix), command for patching

Electronics

• 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

• Eyepatch
• Patch (dermatology), a large skin lesion
• Transdermal patch, medicated

Other uses

• Compulsory figures in figure skating
• Contact patch, of a tire with a road
• Embroidered patch
  • Shoulder sleeve insignia, on US military uniforms
  • Tactical recognition flash, on British military uniforms
• Gang patch, insignia of street gangs in New Zealand
• Patch (firearms), for muzzleloaders
• Patch, in landscape ecology, a homogeneous area
• Patch butterflies, species of the genus Chlosyne
• Pembrokeshire Action To Combat Hardship (PATCH), a UK charity
• Surface patch

See also

• 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