There are a number of words in the high-tech and computer language that have their origins not in the digital, but in the physical in a very concrete sense. Perhaps you know the origin of the word "bug"? Apparently, these are malfunctions linked to the presence of an insect among the components of a computer. which is the origin.
But then why do we talk about a patch to update software or a game?
A patch is a piece of computer code that is added to a software, to make modifications: correction of a bug, improvement of translation, crack…
Patch in English means: piece, piece or patch, and the word is used in particular to define pieces of fabric added to clothing to repair holes (you also know the word patchwork).
Well, imagine that in the early days of computer development, developers used cardboard cards that they had to punch to write their code and have it executed by the machine.
So, in the event of an error, rather than starting over, it was customary for computer scientists to stick a piece of cardboard over the programming errors and modify the code by making new holes.
So they patched their code to modify it… hence the origin of the use of the word patch in computer development!
this article "translation improvement translation" needs to be patched
thanks it's fixed 😉