Patch

The word patch [ pæʧ ] (English " patch " ) may refer to:

Patch- clamp technique, an electrophysiological technique for the study of ion channels,
A medical implant, see patch (Medicine),
The patch test, an allergy test, see the patch test,
The patch test in the finite element method,
In telecommunications technology to connect between two points of a jumpering, see Marshalling,
Is the German name of a ( material ) Aufnähers,
A (programmed) number of settings for a particular instrument in electronic music or a synthesizer;

In the computer field:

A generally smaller software update or a minor software correction, see patch ( software)
A network cable, see patch cable,
A Unix tool, see patch (Unix)

And is the surname of the following persons: