hotfix
nounEtymology From hot + fix.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A cumulative package of one or more files used to address a problem in a software product.
- When you extract the files in a hotfix, you'll generally find the following.1999, John Savill, The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Answer Book:
- For example, the IIS 3.0 denial-of-service attacks that brought down Microsoft's web site several times in 1997 quickly led to the release of a hotfix.2000, Paul Robichaux, Managing the Windows 2000 Registry: