patching

1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like

   My coat needs patching.

2. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
3. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
4. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
5. To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
6. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner

   The truce between the two countries has been patched up.

7. To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
8. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

   I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.

noun

The act of one who patches.