5  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  zap 
  v  1:  bomb  with  an  atomic  bomb  [syn:  {nuke},  {atomize}] 
  2:  cook  or  heat  in  a  microwave  oven;  "You  can  microwave  the 
  left-overs"  [syn:  {microwave},  {micro-cook},  {nuke}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Zap,  ND  (city,  FIPS  88140) 
  Location:  47.28476  N,  101.92189  W 
  Population  (1990):  287  (162  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.7  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  58580 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  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." 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  ZAP 
 
  Language  for  expressing  transformational  developments. 
 
  ["A  System  for  Assisting  Program  Transformation", 
  M.S.  Feather,  ACM  TOPLAS  4(1):1-20  (Jan  1982)]. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  zap 
 
  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). 
 
  2.  To  {fry}  a  chip  with  static  electricity.  "Uh  oh  -  I  think 
  that  lightning  strike  may  have  zapped  the  disk  controller." 
 
  (1998-07-08) 
 
 

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