Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A patch (software fix) which is applied to a system while it is running, without the need to reboot the system to complete the patching process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A repair for cracks and potholes in a paved surface involving filling them with hot, molten asphalt concrete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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verb
To install a hot patch (of either sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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