{
  "id": "band-aid.upkeep",
  "term": "band aid",
  "sense": "upkeep",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "everyday language",
  "domain": "invisible maintenance",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "maintenance that holds a thing inside its window by covering a rupture, but does not repair the boundary or stop the strain that caused it",
  "folk_gloss": "a small patch used to cover a wound",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "rupture.structural",
      "boundary.limit",
      "strain.measurable-degradation"
    ],
    "interaction": "maintenance",
    "novel_properties": [
      "boundary",
      "strain"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station requires weekly patching of micrometeorite leaks to maintain atmospheric pressure.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2019, California regulators mandated temporary plywood fixes to Alaskan Way Viaduct while planning replacement.",
      "domain": "infrastructure"
    },
    {
      "text": "Microsoft extended security patches for Windows 7 beyond end-of-life to cover unpatched vulnerabilities in enterprise systems.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "band aid"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — invisible maintenance"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-band-aid.upkeep"
}