unpatched
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[edit]unpatched (not comparable)
- Not fitted with patches.
- ragged, unpatched jeans
- (computing) For which a patch is not yet available.
- 2007, Harris et al, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook
- Microsoft is actually pretty good about warning users about active attacks abusing unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.
- 2007, Harris et al, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook
- (computing) Not patched; to which a patch has not been applied.
- 2003, Derek Vadala, Managing RAID on Linux:
- When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel.