🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

aggiornamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ad.dʒo.rnaˈmen.to/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Patching/ˈpætʃɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'applicazione dell'aggiornamento ha chiuso la vulnerabilità."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of applying a quick repair, fix, or update to software, a system, or a physical object.

    "Regular patching of operating systems is essential for maintaining robust cybersecurity."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of patch; mending, fixing, or updating something.

    "The engineers spent the entire night patching the critical security vulnerability."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English noun 'patche', of uncertain origin, possibly related to Old Northern French or Germanic roots meaning a small piece of cloth. Over centuries, the meaning expanded from mending textiles to repairing software code and applying system updates.

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