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This seems like a clickbait title because I’ve never hear of a hardware upgrade being called a “patch”.

OhMeadhbh 1y ago
I don't think the patch is hardware. The hardware they're talking about is the "Gameboy like device" that runs the exploit.
- echoangle 1y ago
  > The Verge now reports that Hyundai is offering a security patch for this issue through software and hardware upgrades to Ioniq 5 customers. You do a hardware upgrade on the car to patch the vulnerability.
  - commandersaki 1y ago
    The etymology of patch harkens back to Larry Wall's UNIX patch tool for applying diffs to a source code base.
    - ralph84 1y ago
      The etymology of patch predates software by hundreds of years.
    - antonvs 1y ago
      https://www.etymonline.com/word/patch https://www.etymonline.com/word/patch > "piece of cloth used to mend another material," late 14th century. > Electronics sense of "to connect temporarily" is attested from 1923 on the notion of tying together various pieces of apparatus to form a circuit.
4ndrewl 1y ago
"The term "patch" came from early use in telephony and radio studios, where extra equipment kept on standby could be temporarily substituted for failed devices." - from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_cable https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_cable But yeah, the term patch just seems weird in this article. Why not just "upgrade" or "fix"?
- throwaway290 1y ago
  "Service"?
- wucke13 1y ago
  I'm not so sure, I thought "patch" originated from hole punching cards to program stuff. A software patch was literally a patch of tape that hides an errorneously punched hole in such a card. The term patch-cable seems to be way younger.
  - kgwgk 1y ago
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchboard https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchboard patchboard : a switchboard in which circuits are interconnected by patch cords First Known Use 1934, in the meaning defined above
    - tiahura 1y ago
      Hence patch cable.
    - ziml77 1y ago
      I find it far more likely that patches--in terms of fixing problems with small, targeted changes--derives from the use of the term for fixing holes in cloth by sewing on another piece of cloth.
      - kgwgk 1y ago
        Everything is about patching up clothes or other things. I was just commenting on the “patch-cable seems to be way younger” remark.

I don't think the patch is hardware. The hardware they're talking about is the "Gameboy like device" that runs the exploit.

echoangle 1y ago
> The Verge now reports that Hyundai is offering a security patch for this issue through software and hardware upgrades to Ioniq 5 customers. You do a hardware upgrade on the car to patch the vulnerability.
- commandersaki 1y ago
  The etymology of patch harkens back to Larry Wall's UNIX patch tool for applying diffs to a source code base.
  - ralph84 1y ago
    The etymology of patch predates software by hundreds of years.
  - antonvs 1y ago
    https://www.etymonline.com/word/patch https://www.etymonline.com/word/patch > "piece of cloth used to mend another material," late 14th century. > Electronics sense of "to connect temporarily" is attested from 1923 on the notion of tying together various pieces of apparatus to form a circuit.

4ndrewl 1y ago

"The term "patch" came from early use in telephony and radio studios, where extra equipment kept on standby could be temporarily substituted for failed devices." - from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_cable https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_cable But yeah, the term patch just seems weird in this article. Why not just "upgrade" or "fix"?

throwaway290 1y ago
"Service"?
wucke13 1y ago
I'm not so sure, I thought "patch" originated from hole punching cards to program stuff. A software patch was literally a patch of tape that hides an errorneously punched hole in such a card. The term patch-cable seems to be way younger.
- kgwgk 1y ago
  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchboard https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchboard patchboard : a switchboard in which circuits are interconnected by patch cords First Known Use 1934, in the meaning defined above
  - tiahura 1y ago
    Hence patch cable.
  - ziml77 1y ago
    I find it far more likely that patches--in terms of fixing problems with small, targeted changes--derives from the use of the term for fixing holes in cloth by sewing on another piece of cloth.
    - kgwgk 1y ago
      Everything is about patching up clothes or other things. I was just commenting on the “patch-cable seems to be way younger” remark.