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Unofficial term used to refer to monthly software updates by software companies

Patch Tuesday is an unofficial term used to refer to when Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle and others regularly release software patches for their software products. It is widely referred to in this way by the industry. Patch Tuesday occurs on the second Tuesday of each month. Microsoft formalized Patch Tuesday in October 2003. Patch Tuesday is known within Microsoft also as the "B" release, to distinguish it from the "C" and "D" releases that occur in the third and fourth weeks of the month, respectively. Wikipedia →

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