Another look at the full hall coronal mass ejection launched by yesterday's M9.8 solar flare. As expected, the plasma cloud is earth-directed and expected to arrive late on Friday, 1 December. Expect geomagnetic storm conditions after the cloud arrives.
The term "patch", meaning a software update, originates from the days when computer code was written on physical cards with holes punched in them. If there was a change in the code, you would "patch" that section of the card with a piece of tape, covering it, and changing it.