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An unofficial patch, sometimes alternatively called a community patch, is a patch for a piece of software, created by a third party such as a user community without the involvement of the original developer. Similar to an ordinary patch, it alleviates bugs or shortcomings.
The computer tool patch is a Unix program that updates text files according to instructions contained in a separate file, called a patch file.The patch file (also called a patch for short) is a text file that consists of a list of differences and is produced by running the related diff program with the original and updated file as arguments.
A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. [1] [2] A patch may be created to improve functionality, usability, or performance. A patch is typically provided by a vendor for updating the software that they provide.
Latest security patch date [16] Latest Google Play Services version [17] (release date) Android 1.0 — 1.0 1 September 23, 2008 — — Android 1.1: Petit Four 1.1 2 February 9, 2009 Android Cupcake: Cupcake 1.5 3 April 27, 2009 Android Donut: Donut
Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software. Within a given version number category (e.g., major or minor), these numbers are generally assigned in increasing order and correspond to new developments in the software.
HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. [3]
It uses a disassembly-based diffing algorithm called "courgette" to reduce diff size of two binary executable files, which reduces the diff patch from 6.7% (bsdiff) to 0.76% (bsdiff + courgette) for one version update. [13] The technology helped Chrome to push its updates to 100% of users in less than 10 days.
The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3.The base operating system used by Sony for the PlayStation 3 is a fork of both FreeBSD and NetBSD known internally as CellOS or GameOS.