zap

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: vaporizenukeatomizeatomisemicrowavemicro-cook

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact“they gave it another zap of radiation”

Verb (4)

  1. strike suddenly and with force“This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes”
  2. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting“in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens”Synonyms: vaporize
  3. strike at with firepower or bombs“zap the enemy”Synonyms: nukeatomizeatomise
  4. cook or heat in a microwave oven“You can microwave the leftovers”Synonyms: microwavemicro-cooknuke
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

zap \zap\ (z[a^]p), v. t.

1.to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by lightning. [PJC]

2.to bomb with an atomic bomb.

Syn: nuke, atomize. [WordNet 1.5]

3.to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

Syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke. [WordNet 1.5]

4.to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric current, or other potentially destructive treatment. [PJC]

5.to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a television program) by using the fast-forward button on a VCR remove control. [PJC]

6.to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; -- usually used with up. --[RHUD] [PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

ZAP

1.<language> A language for expressing program transformations.

["A System for Assisting Program Transformation", M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982].

2.Zero and Add Packed.

(2001-03-25)

zap

<jargon> 1. To modify, usually to correct; especially used when the action is performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical precision. "Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again."

In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the operating system with a program called "superzap", whose file name is "IMASPZAP" (possibly contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

See also Zero and Add Packed.

2.To fry a chip with static electricity. "Uh oh - I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller."

(1998-07-08)

The Jargon File

zap

1.n. Spiciness.

2.vt. To make food spicy.

3.vt. To make someone ‘suffer’ by making his food spicy. (Most hackers love spicy food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you wipe your nose for the rest of the meal.) See zapped.

4.vt. To modify, usually to correct; esp. used when the action is performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical precision. “Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again.” In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a program called ‘superzap’, whose file name is ‘IMASPZAP’ (possibly contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

5.vt. To erase or reset.

6.To fry a chip with static electricity. “Uh oh — I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller.”

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