Patch

Patch, Patches or The Patch may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

• "Patches" (Chairmen of the Board song), 1970, also covered by Clarence Carter
• "Patches" (Dickey Lee song), 1962
• "Patches", a song by Dala from the 2005 album Angels & Thieves

Fictional characters

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

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

• The Patch, a podcast by Rooster Teeth
• Patch Media, an American local news and information platform
• Patch Theatre Company, an Australian theatre company for children

People

• Patch Adams (Hunter Adams, born 1945), American physician and clown
• Alexander Patch (1889–1945), WWII U.S. Army general
• Benjamin Patch (born 1994), American volleyball player
• Harry Patch (1898–2009), WWI British veteran
• Horace Patch (1814–1862), American politician
• John Patch (1781–1861), Nova Scotian fisherman who invented the screw propeller
• Mark Patch (1933–2015), Australian rugby league footballer
• Thomas Patch (1725–1782), English painter, printmaker and art historian

Places

• Patch, Gwbert, Ceredigion, Wales
• Patch, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
• The Patch, Victoria, Australia
• William Clarke Park, Brighton, England, nicknamed The Patch

Science and technology

Computing

• Patch (computing), data for modifying an existing software resource, and the process of applying the data
• PATCH (HTTP), an HTTP request to make a change
• patch (Unix), command for patching
• Patch, in 3D computer graphics

Electronics

• Autopatch or phone patch, from radio to telephone
• Patch antenna, with a low profile
• Patch cable, patch cord or patch lead, to connect devices
  • Patch panel

Medicine

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

Other uses

• Patch (firearms), used to wrap a round shot lead ball projectile
• Compulsory figures in figure skating
• Embroidered patch
  • Shoulder sleeve insignia, on US military uniforms
  • Tactical recognition flash, on British military uniforms
• Patch, a term in landscape ecology
• Patch butterflies, several species of Chlosyne
• Pembrokeshire Action To Combat Hardship (PATCH), a British charity
• The Patch (bar), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Patch (dog), a Blue Peter pet

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Patch
• All pages with titles containing Patch
• Pach (disambiguation)
• Patch box (disambiguation)
• Patchwork (disambiguation)
• Coal town or coal patch, residences for miners near the coal mine
• Gang patch, insignia of street gangs in New Zealand
• Oil patch, the petroleum industry
• Patch collecting
• Patched, a protein receptor
• Contact patch, the portion of a vehicle's tire in contact with the road
• Swede Patch 2000, a guitar/synthesizer