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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English patched English unpatched From un- + patched.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not fitted with patches.
ragged, unpatched jeans
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(not-comparable) 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.
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(not-comparable) Not patched; to which a patch has not been applied.
When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel.
2003, Derek Vadala, Managing RAID on Linux: