decimate â(third-person singular simple present decimates, present participle decimating, simple past and past participle decimated). ( 1 Roman history) To kill one man chosen by lot out of every ten in a legion or other military group. 2  c. 1650, Jeremy Taylor; from volume 1 of an 1835 edition of his works):
Additonal reasons why patching is important. This excerpt from The administrator shortcut guide to patch management explains the cost of having poor security and the benefits of fitting patching into your overall security.
Clearing the baseline installer cache is safe and helps reclaim a lot of disk space. Hemera Technologies/Photos.com/Getty Images. After your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$.fter your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$.