👉 In computer science, a patch is an element of code that is inserted into another code to fix a bug or improve performance. It can be used to add new functionality, make changes to existing code, or simply to correct errors in the original code. A patch is typically written as a text file with the following format: ``` patchfile.patch ``` where `patchfile` is the name of the file and `patch` is the name of the file that contains the patch. The
