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
  • "Patches", 1919 popular song written by Lee S. Roberts and J. Will Callahan

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
  • Margaret Merwin Patch (née Margaret Stone Merwin; 1894–1987) American arts administrator, and statistician
  • Mark Patch (1933–2015), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Thomas Patch (1725–1782), English painter, printmaker and art historian
  • R. D. Matthews, nicknamed "The Patch", due to an eyepatch he wore

Places

  • Augusta Municipal Golf Course, also called The Patch
  • 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

  • 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