Unlatched vs Unpatched - What's the difference?
unlatched | unpatched |
Of a gate, etc, not latched, or that has been unlatched.
(unlatch)
Not fitted with patches.
(computing) For which a patch is not yet available.
* 2007 , Harris et al'', ''Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook
(computing) Not patched; to which a patch has not been applied.
* 2003 , Derek Vadala, Managing RAID on Linux
As adjectives the difference between unlatched and unpatched
is that unlatched is of a gate, etc, not latched, or that has been unlatched while unpatched is not fitted with patches.As a verb unlatched
is (unlatch).unlatched
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(head)unpatched
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(-)- ragged, unpatched jeans
- Microsoft is actually pretty good about warning users about active attacks abusing unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.
- When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel.